CVE-2007-5380

Description

Session fixation vulnerability in Rails before 1.2.4, as used for Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors related to "URL-based sessions."

6.8

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 9.43% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory apple.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/27965	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3508	vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26096	patch vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-17.xml	vendor advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195315
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html	vendor advisory
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/10/5/rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html	vendor advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
http://secunia.com/advisories/27657	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5380?: CVE-2007-5380 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-5380?: To fix CVE-2007-5380, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-5380 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-5380 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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