USN-7394-1: Doorkeeper vulnerabilities

Publication date

31 March 2025

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in ruby-doorkeeper.

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Details

Jonathan Clem and Justin Bull discovered that Doorkeeper could allow
arbitrary token revocation and replay attacks. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to gain unauthorized access to a system. (CVE-2016-6582)

It was discovered that Doorkeeper incorrectly handled storing client names.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site
scripting (XSS) attack. (CVE-2018-1000088)

Jonathan Clem and Justin Bull discovered that Doorkeeper could allow
arbitrary token revocation and replay attacks. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to gain unauthorized access to a system. (CVE-2016-6582)

It was discovered that Doorkeeper incorrectly handled storing client names.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site
scripting (XSS) attack. (CVE-2018-1000088)

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
16.04 xenial ruby-doorkeeper –  2.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2  

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