SB2019092411 - Improper access control in makandra consul
Published: September 24, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019092411
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16377)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to certain controller actions.
The vulnerability exists in the consul gem for Ruby on Rails when processing multiple power directives. As a result, the ":only" and ":except" options of the last directive apply to all previous directives. A remote attacker can gain unauthenticated access to certain controller actions.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.