# CVE-2015-10083: harrystech Dynosaur-Rails application\_controller.rb basic\_auth improper authentication

- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2023-02-21 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- harrystech Dynosaur-Rails: version range not reported

## Description

A vulnerability has been found in harrystech Dynosaur-Rails and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function basic_auth of the file app/controllers/application_controller.rb. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This product does not use versioning. This is why information about affected and unaffected releases are unavailable. The patch is named 04b223813f0e336aab50bff140d0f5889c31dbec. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221503.

## What to do

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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.221503
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221503
- https://github.com/harrystech/dynosaur-rails/pull/11
- https://github.com/harrystech/dynosaur-rails/commit/04b223813f0e336aab50bff140d0f5889c31dbec

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