Description
request.rb in Web Console before 2.1.3, as used with Ruby on Rails 3.x and 4.x, does not properly restrict the use of X-Forwarded-For headers in determining a client's IP address, which allows remote attackers to bypass the whitelisted_ips protection mechanism via a crafted request.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75237 ↗
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/lzmz9_ijUFw/HBMPi4zp5NAJ ↗
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/18 ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160881.html ↗
- https://github.com/rails/web-console/blob/master/CHANGELOG.markdown ↗