CVE-2012-2671
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
The Rack::Cache rubygem 0.3.0 through 1.1 caches Set-Cookie and other sensitive headers, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive cookie information, hijack web sessions, or have other unspecified impact by accessing the cache.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.2-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.2-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.2-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.2-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.2-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | rack-cache | <>= 1.2 | >= 1.2 |
| RubyGems | rack-cache | >=0.3.0,<1.2 | 1.2 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2671
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081812.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/8
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=763650
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824520
- https://github.com/rtomayko/rack-cache/blob/master/CHANGES
- https://github.com/rtomayko/rack-cache/commit/2e3a64d07daac4c757cc57620f2288e865a09b90
- https://github.com/rtomayko/rack-cache/pull/52
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rack-cache/CVE-2012-2671.yml
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2671
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.