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CVE-2013-0263 Detail

Description

Rack::Session::Cookie in Rack 1.5.x before 1.5.2, 1.4.x before 1.4.5, 1.3.x before 1.3.10, 1.2.x before 1.2.8, and 1.1.x before 1.1.6 allows remote attackers to guess the session cookie, gain privileges, and execute arbitrary code via a timing attack involving an HMAC comparison function that does not run in constant time.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00048.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rack.github.com/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0686.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/52033 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/52134 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/52774 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2783 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.osvdb.org/89939 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909071 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://gist.github.com/codahale/f9f3781f7b54985bee94 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/0cd7e9aa397f8ebb3b8481d67dbac8b4863a7f07 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/9a81b961457805f6d1a5c275d053068440421e11 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rack-devel/xKrHVWeNvDM/4ZGA576CnK4J CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/rack-devel/RnQxm6i13C4/xfakH81yWvgJ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/rack-devel/bf937jPZxJM/1s6x95vIhmAJ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/rack-devel/hz-liLb9fKE/8jvVWU6xYiYJ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/rack-devel/mZsuRonD7G8/DpZIOmMLbOgJ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-0263 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://twitter.com/coda/statuses/299732877745197056 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-0263
NVD Published Date:
02/08/2013
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.