CVE-2021-29480
Ratpack Client Side Session Key Prediction Vulnerability
Description
Ratpack is a toolkit for creating web applications. In versions prior to 1.9.0, the client side session module uses the application startup time as the signing key by default. This means that if an attacker can determine this time, and if encryption is not also used (which is recommended, but is not on by default), the session data could be tampered with by someone with the ability to write cookies. The default configuration is unsuitable for production use as an application restart renders all sessions invalid and is not multi-host compatible, but its use is not actively prevented. As of Ratpack 1.9.0, the default value is a securely randomly generated value, generated at application startup time. As a workaround, supply an alternative signing key, as per the documentation's recommendation.
INFO
Published Date :
June 29, 2021, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 2, 2022, 4 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
2.5
Exploitability Score :
1.8
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Aug. 02, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 07, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ratpack/ratpack/blob/29434f7ac6fd4b36a4495429b70f4c8163100332/ratpack-session/src/main/java/ratpack/session/clientside/ClientSideSessionConfig.java#L29 No Types Assigned https://github.com/ratpack/ratpack/blob/29434f7ac6fd4b36a4495429b70f4c8163100332/ratpack-session/src/main/java/ratpack/session/clientside/ClientSideSessionConfig.java#L29 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ratpack/ratpack/security/advisories/GHSA-2cc5-23r7-vc4v No Types Assigned https://github.com/ratpack/ratpack/security/advisories/GHSA-2cc5-23r7-vc4v Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-330 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ratpack_project:ratpack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.9.0
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0.05 }} 0.00%
score
0.17086
percentile