SB2019092411 - Improper access control in makandra consul

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SB2019092411 - Improper access control in makandra consul

Published: September 24, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019092411
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16377)

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


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.

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