GHSA-CHCR-X7HC-8FP8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-12 15:13 – Updated: 2024-03-20 15:34
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Summary
Devise-Two-Factor vulnerable to brute force attacks
Details

Advisory withdrawn

The backing CVE has been rejected

Devise-Two-Factor does not throttle or otherwise restrict login attempts at the server by default. When combined with the Time-based One Time Password algorithm's (TOTP) inherent entropy limitations, it's possible for an attacker to bypass the 2FA mechanism through brute-force attacks.

Impact

If a user's username and password have already been compromised an attacker would be able to try possible TOTP codes and see if they can hit a lucky collision to log in as that user. The user under attack would not necessarily know that their account has been compromised.

Patches

Devise-Two-Factor has not released any fixes for this vulnerability. This library is open-ended by design and cannot solve this for all applications natively. It's recommended that any application leveraging Devise-Two-Factor implement controls at the application level to mitigate this threat. A non-exhaustive list of possible mitigations can be found below.

Mitigations

  1. Use the lockable strategy from Devise to lock a user after a certain number of failed login attempts. See https://www.rubydoc.info/github/heartcombo/devise/main/Devise/Models/Lockable for more information.
  2. Configure a rate limit for your application, especially on the endpoints used to log in. One such library to accomplish this is rack-attack.
  3. When displaying authentication errors hide whether validating a username/password combination failed or a two-factor code failed behind a more generic error message.

Acknowledgements

Christian Reitter (Radically Open Security) and Chris MacNaughton (Centauri Solutions)

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "devise-two-factor"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1.0.0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "5.0.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-0227"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-307"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-01-12T15:13:05Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-01-11T20:15:44Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Advisory withdrawn\nThe backing CVE has been rejected\n\nDevise-Two-Factor does not throttle or otherwise restrict login attempts at the server by default. When combined with the Time-based One Time Password algorithm\u0027s (TOTP) inherent entropy limitations, it\u0027s possible for an attacker to bypass the 2FA mechanism through brute-force attacks.\n\n### Impact\n\nIf a user\u0027s username and password have already been compromised an attacker would be able to try possible TOTP codes and see if they can hit a lucky collision to log in as that user. The user under attack would not necessarily know that their account has been compromised.\n\n### Patches\n\nDevise-Two-Factor has not released any fixes for this vulnerability. This library is open-ended by design and cannot solve this for all applications natively. It\u0027s recommended that any application leveraging Devise-Two-Factor implement controls at the application level to mitigate this threat. A non-exhaustive list of possible mitigations can be found below.\n\n#### Mitigations\n\n1. Use the `lockable` strategy from Devise to lock a user after a certain number of failed login attempts. See https://www.rubydoc.info/github/heartcombo/devise/main/Devise/Models/Lockable for more information.\n2. Configure a rate limit for your application, especially on the endpoints used to log in. One such library to accomplish this is [rack-attack](https://rubygems.org/gems/rack-attack).\n3. When displaying authentication errors hide whether validating a username/password combination failed or a two-factor code failed behind a more generic error message.\n\n### Acknowledgements\n\nChristian Reitter ([Radically Open Security](https://www.radicallyopensecurity.com/)) and Chris MacNaughton ([Centauri Solutions](https://centauri.solutions))",
  "id": "GHSA-chcr-x7hc-8fp8",
  "modified": "2024-03-20T15:34:05Z",
  "published": "2024-01-12T15:13:05Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/devise-two-factor/devise-two-factor/security/advisories/GHSA-chcr-x7hc-8fp8"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0227"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/devise-two-factor/devise-two-factor"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/devise-two-factor/CVE-2024-0227.yml"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Devise-Two-Factor vulnerable to brute force attacks",
  "withdrawn": "2024-03-19T22:33:55Z"
}


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