There is a possible DoS vulnerability in the Token Authentication logic in
Action Controller. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier
CVE-2021-22904.
Versions Affected: >= 4.0.0
Not affected: < 4.0.0
Fixed Versions: 6.1.3.2, 6.0.3.7, 5.2.4.6, 5.2.6
Impacted code uses authenticate_or_request_with_http_token
or
authenticate_with_http_token
for request authentication. Impacted code will
look something like this:
class PostsController < ApplicationController
before_action :authenticate
private
def authenticate
authenticate_or_request_with_http_token do |token, options|
# ...
end
end
end
All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the
workarounds immediately.
The fixed releases are available at the normal locations.
The following monkey patch placed in an initializer can be used to work around
the issue:
module ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Token
AUTHN_PAIR_DELIMITERS = /(?:,|;|\t)/
end
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
actionpack | lt | 4.0.0 | |
actionpack | le | 5.2.4.5 | |
actionpack | ge | 5.2.5.0 | |
actionpack | le | 5.2.5 | |
actionpack | ge | 5.3.0 | |
actionpack | le | 6.0.3.6 | |
actionpack | ge | 6.0.4.0 | |
actionpack | lt | 6.1.3.2 |