Description
Session fixation vulnerability in Rails before 1.2.4, as used for Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors related to "URL-based sessions."
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | rails | 1.2.5-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | rails | 1.2.5-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | rails | 1.2.5-1 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | rails | < 1.2.4 | 1.2.4 | GHSA-jwhv-rgqc-fqj5 |
References
- 27965 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2007-4238 vdb-entry
- ADV-2007-3508 vdb-entry
- TA07-352A third-party-advisory
- 28136 third-party-advisory
- 26096 vdb-entry
- GLSA-200711-17 vendor-advisory
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195315
- SUSE-SR:2007:025 vendor-advisory
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/10/5/rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release
- APPLE-SA-2007-12-17 vendor-advisory
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
- 27657 third-party-advisory