heartcombo/devise · Security
Devise Gem for Ruby Unauthorized Access Using "Remember Me" Cookie
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-746g-3gfp-hfhw
- CVE ID
- CVE-2015-8314
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description
Devise version before 3.5.4 uses cookies to implement a "Remember me" functionality. However, it generates the same cookie for all devices. If an attacker manages to steal a remember me cookie and the user does not change the password frequently, the cookie can be used to gain access to the application indefinitely.
CWEs
- CWE-288 · Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
- CWE-312 · Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
References
- https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/commit/c92996646aba2d25b2c3e235fe0c4f1a84b70d24 ↗
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/devise/CVE-2015-8314.yml ↗
- http://blog.plataformatec.com.br/2016/01/improve-remember-me-cookie-expiration-in-devise/ ↗
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8314 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-746g-3gfp-hfhw ↗
- https://rubysec.com/advisories/CVE-2015-8314/ ↗