CVE - CVE-2015-3224

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-3224	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:75237 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75237 CONFIRM:https://github.com/rails/web-console/blob/master/CHANGELOG.markdown FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-10128 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160881.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20150616 [CVE-2015-3224] IP whitelist bypass in Web Console URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/18 MLIST:[rubyonrails-security] 20150616 [CVE-2015-3224] IP whitelist bypass in Web Console URL:https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/lzmz9_ijUFw/HBMPi4zp5NAJ
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20150410	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20150410)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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