GHSA-2RQW-V265-JF8C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-08-26 20:36 – Updated: 2024-02-02 16:47
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Summary
Open Redirect in ActionPack
Details

Overview

There is a possible open redirect vulnerability in the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2021-22942.

Versions Affected: >= 6.0.0. Not affected: < 6.0.0 Fixed Versions: 6.1.4.1, 6.0.4.1

Impact

Specially crafted “X-Forwarded-Host” headers in combination with certain “allowed host” formats can cause the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack to redirect users to a malicious website.

Impacted applications will have allowed hosts with a leading dot. For example, configuration files that look like this:

config.hosts <<  '.EXAMPLE.com'

When an allowed host contains a leading dot, a specially crafted Host header can be used to redirect to a malicious website.

This vulnerability is similar to CVE-2021-22881, but CVE-2021-22881 did not take in to account domain name case sensitivity.

Releases

The fixed releases are available at the normal locations.

Workarounds

In the case a patch can’t be applied, the following monkey patch can be used in an initializer:

module ActionDispatch
  class HostAuthorization
    HOSTNAME = /[a-z0-9.-]+|\[[a-f0-9]*:[a-f0-9.:]+\]/i
    VALID_ORIGIN_HOST = /\A(#{HOSTNAME})(?::\d+)?\z/
    VALID_FORWARDED_HOST = /(?:\A|,[ ]?)(#{HOSTNAME})(?::\d+)?\z/

    private
      def authorized?(request)
        origin_host =
          request.get_header("HTTP_HOST")&.slice(VALID_ORIGIN_HOST, 1) || ""
        forwarded_host =
          request.x_forwarded_host&.slice(VALID_FORWARDED_HOST, 1) || ""
        @permissions.allows?(origin_host) &&
          (forwarded_host.blank? || @permissions.allows?(forwarded_host))
      end
  end
end
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 6.0.4"
      },
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    "cwe_ids": [
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-08-26T20:36:25Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-10-18T13:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "# Overview\n\nThere is a possible open redirect vulnerability in the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2021-22942.\n\nVersions Affected: \u003e= 6.0.0.\nNot affected: \u003c 6.0.0\nFixed Versions: 6.1.4.1, 6.0.4.1\n\n# Impact\n\nSpecially crafted \u201cX-Forwarded-Host\u201d headers in combination with certain \u201callowed host\u201d formats can cause the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack to redirect users to a malicious website.\n\nImpacted applications will have allowed hosts with a leading dot. For example, configuration files that look like this:\n\n```ruby\nconfig.hosts \u003c\u003c  \u0027.EXAMPLE.com\u0027\n```\n\nWhen an allowed host contains a leading dot, a specially crafted Host header can be used to redirect to a malicious website.\n\nThis vulnerability is similar to CVE-2021-22881, but CVE-2021-22881 did not take in to account domain name case sensitivity.\n\n# Releases\n\nThe fixed releases are available at the normal locations.\n\n# Workarounds\n\nIn the case a patch can\u2019t be applied, the following monkey patch can be used in an initializer:\n\n```ruby\nmodule ActionDispatch\n  class HostAuthorization\n    HOSTNAME = /[a-z0-9.-]+|\\[[a-f0-9]*:[a-f0-9.:]+\\]/i\n    VALID_ORIGIN_HOST = /\\A(#{HOSTNAME})(?::\\d+)?\\z/\n    VALID_FORWARDED_HOST = /(?:\\A|,[ ]?)(#{HOSTNAME})(?::\\d+)?\\z/\n\n    private\n      def authorized?(request)\n        origin_host =\n          request.get_header(\"HTTP_HOST\")\u0026.slice(VALID_ORIGIN_HOST, 1) || \"\"\n        forwarded_host =\n          request.x_forwarded_host\u0026.slice(VALID_FORWARDED_HOST, 1) || \"\"\n        @permissions.allows?(origin_host) \u0026\u0026\n          (forwarded_host.blank? || @permissions.allows?(forwarded_host))\n      end\n  end\nend\n```\n",
  "id": "GHSA-2rqw-v265-jf8c",
  "modified": "2024-02-02T16:47:01Z",
  "published": "2021-08-26T20:36:51Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22942"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-22942"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2021-22942.yml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/wB5tRn7h36c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://rubygems.org/gems/actionpack"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240202-0005"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2021/8/19/Rails-6-0-4-1-and-6-1-4-1-have-been-released"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5372"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/14/5"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Open Redirect in ActionPack"
}



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