Advisories for Gem/Activerecord-Session_store package

2021

Observable Timing Discrepancy

The activerecord-session_store (aka Active Record Session Store) component for Ruby on Rails does not use a constant-time approach when delivering information about whether a guessed session ID is valid. Consequently, remote attackers can leverage timing discrepancies to achieve a correct guess in a relatively short amount of time. This is a related issue to CVE-2019-16782.