1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-7050-1

USN-7050-1: Devise-Two-Factor vulnerabilities

Publication date

1 October 2024

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Devise-Two-Factor.

Releases

Packages

Details

Benoit Côté-Jodoin and Michael Nipper discovered that Devise-Two-Factor
incorrectly handled one-time password validation. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to intercept and re-use a one-time password.
(CVE-2021-43177)

Garrett Rappaport discovered that Devise-Two-Factor incorrectly handled
generating multi-factor authentication codes. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to generate valid multi-factor authentication codes.
(CVE-2024-8796)

Benoit Côté-Jodoin and Michael Nipper discovered that Devise-Two-Factor
incorrectly handled one-time password validation. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to intercept and re-use a one-time password.
(CVE-2021-43177)

Garrett Rappaport discovered that Devise-Two-Factor incorrectly handled
generating multi-factor authentication codes. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to generate valid multi-factor authentication codes.
(CVE-2024-8796)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.04 jammy ruby-devise-two-factor –  4.0.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  
20.04 focal ruby-devise-two-factor –  3.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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