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  "title": "CVE-2012-3424",
  "summary": "The decode_credentials method in actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.0.16, 3.1.x before 3.1.7, and 3.2.x before 3.2.7 converts Digest Authentication strings to symbols, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by leveraging access to an application that uses a with_http_digest helper method, as demonstrated by the authenticate_or_request_with_http_digest method.",
  "published_at": "2012-08-08T10:26:19.063",
  "updated_at": "2025-04-11T00:51:21.963",
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  "official_source_url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00046.html",
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