GHSA-M42H-MH85-4QGC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2019-03-13 17:28 – Updated: 2023-07-05 20:28
VLAI?
Summary
Use of Insufficiently Random Values in Railties Allows Remote Code Execution
Details

Possible Remote Code Execution Exploit in Rails Development Mode

Impact

With some knowledge of a target application it is possible for an attacker to guess the automatically generated development mode secret token. This secret token can be used in combination with other Rails internals to escalate to a remote code execution exploit.

All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds immediately.

Releases

The 6.0.0.beta3 and 5.2.2.1 releases are available at the normal locations.

Workarounds

This issue can be mitigated by specifying a secret key in development mode. In "config/environments/development.rb" add this: 

  config.secret_key_base = SecureRandom.hex(64)

Please note that only the 5.2.x, 5.1.x, 5.0.x, and 4.2.x series are supported at present. Users of earlier unsupported releases are advised to upgrade as soon as possible as we cannot guarantee the continued availability of security fixes for unsupported releases.

Credits

Thanks to ooooooo_q

Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 5.2.2.0"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "railties"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "5.2.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.2.2.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2019-5420"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-330",
      "CWE-77"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:44:46Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2019-03-27T14:29:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "# Possible Remote Code Execution Exploit in Rails Development Mode\n\nImpact \n------ \nWith some knowledge of a target application it is possible for an attacker to  guess the automatically generated development mode secret token.  This secret  token can be used in combination with other Rails internals to escalate to a remote code execution exploit. \n\nAll users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds immediately. \n\nReleases \n-------- \nThe 6.0.0.beta3 and 5.2.2.1 releases are available at the normal locations. \n\nWorkarounds \n----------- \nThis issue can be mitigated by specifying a secret key in development mode. \nIn \"config/environments/development.rb\" add this: \n\n```\n  config.secret_key_base = SecureRandom.hex(64) \n```\n\nPlease note that only the 5.2.x, 5.1.x, 5.0.x, and 4.2.x series are supported at present. Users of earlier unsupported releases are advised to upgrade as soon as possible as we cannot guarantee the continued availability of security fixes for unsupported releases. \n\nCredits \n------- \nThanks to ooooooo_q \n",
  "id": "GHSA-m42h-mh85-4qgc",
  "modified": "2023-07-05T20:28:26Z",
  "published": "2019-03-13T17:28:35Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5420"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/railties/CVE-2019-5420.yml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/IsQKvDqZdKw"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y43636TH4D6T46IC6N2RQVJTRFJAAYGA"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2019/3/13/Rails-4-2-5-1-5-1-6-2-have-been-released"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46785"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152704/Ruby-On-Rails-DoubleTap-Development-Mode-secret_key_base-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Use of Insufficiently Random Values in Railties Allows Remote Code Execution"
}


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