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CVE-2007-6077


The session fixation protection mechanism in cgi_process.rb in Rails 1.2.4, as used in Ruby on Rails, removes the :cookie_only attribute from the DEFAULT_SESSION_OPTIONS constant, which effectively causes cookie_only to be applied only to the first instantiation of CgiRequest, which allows remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-5380.


Security Impact Summary

CVE-2007-6077 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from rubyonrails, from rubyonrails organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2007, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.


Published

2007-11-21T21:46:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-362

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application rubyonrails rails 0.9.1 No
Application rubyonrails rails 0.9.2 No
Application rubyonrails rails 0.9.3 No
Application rubyonrails rails 0.9.4 No
Application rubyonrails rails 0.9.4.1 No
Application rubyonrails rails 0.10.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 0.10.1 No
Application rubyonrails rails 0.11.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 0.11.1 No
Application rubyonrails rails 0.12.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 0.12.1 No
Application rubyonrails rails 0.13.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 0.13.1 No
Application rubyonrails rails 0.14.1 No
Application rubyonrails rails 0.14.2 No
Application rubyonrails rails 0.14.3 No
Application rubyonrails rails 0.14.4 No
Application rubyonrails rails 1.0.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 1.1.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 1.1.1 No
Application rubyonrails rails 1.1.2 No
Application rubyonrails rails 1.1.3 No
Application rubyonrails rails 1.1.4 No
Application rubyonrails rails 1.1.5 No
Application rubyonrails rails 1.1.6 No
Application rubyonrails rails 1.2.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 1.2.1 No
Application rubyonrails rails 1.2.2 No
Application rubyonrails rails 1.2.3 No
Application rubyonrails rails 1.2.4 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 1.2.5 No
Application rubyonrails rails 1.2.6 No
Application rubyonrails rails 1.9.5 No
Application rubyonrails rails 2.0.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 2.0.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 2.0.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 2.0.1 No
Application rubyonrails rails 2.0.2 No
Application rubyonrails rails 2.0.4 No
Application rubyonrails rails 2.1.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 2.1.1 No
Application rubyonrails rails 2.1.2 No
Application rubyonrails rails 2.2.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 2.2.1 No
Application rubyonrails rails 2.2.2 No
Application rubyonrails rails 2.3.2 No
Application rubyonrails rails 2.3.3 No
Application rubyonrails rails 2.3.4 No
Application rubyonrails rails 2.3.9 No
Application rubyonrails rails 2.3.10 No
Application rubyonrails rails 2.3.11 No
Application rubyonrails rails 2.3.12 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.1 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.1 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.2 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.2 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.3 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.4 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.5 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.5 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.6 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.6 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.6 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.7 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.7 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.7 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.8 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.8 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.8 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.8 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.8 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.9 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.9 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.9 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.9 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.9 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.9 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.10 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.10 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.11 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.12 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.12 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.13 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.13 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.14 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.1 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.1 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.1 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.1 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.2 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.2 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.2 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.3 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.4 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.4 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.5 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.5 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.6 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.0 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.1 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.2 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.2 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.3 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.3 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.3 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.4 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.4 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.5 No
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.6 No
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 0.5.0 No
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 0.5.5 No
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 0.5.6 No
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 0.5.7 No
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 0.6.0 No
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 0.6.5 No
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 0.7.0 No
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 0.8.0 No
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 0.8.5 No
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 0.9.0 No
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 3.0.4 No

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For rubyonrails's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.