CVE-2015-10083: A vulnerability has been found in harrystech Dynosaur-Rails and classified as critical

Q: How do I fix CVE-2015-10083?

dynosaur-rails: upgrade to 2015-09-15. Exact commands for each OS are on this page.

Q: Is CVE-2015-10083 being exploited?

CVE-2015-10083 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of the last update. Check again, as this can change.

Q: What does CVE-2015-10083 affect?

CVE-2015-10083 affects dynosaur-rails. Severity is medium (CVSS 6.3). 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 auth

Q: How urgent is CVE-2015-10083?

Priority 38/100. No elevated risk signals yet.

Routine

MEDIUM 6.3UPGRADE

CVE-2015-10083 is a medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.3) affecting dynosaur-rails. Below: why it ranks where it does, which versions are affected, what to do, and the exact commands.

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 t

Why this priority

No elevated risk signals yet

A fixed release or distro patch exists.

Risk facts

CVSS score	6.3 (Medium)
Attack vector	Adjacent network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges needed	None
User interaction	None
EPSS exploit chance	1.1% (top 35%)
CISA exploited list	No
Weakness	CWE-287
Published	2023-02-21
Last modified	2026-06-17

Publisher (CNA): VulDB · Vendor: harrys

Last updated 2026-06-17 · Sources: CVE Program, NVD, CISA KEV, EPSS and vendor advisories · How we score

Am I affected?

Timeline

2023-02-21 15:15 UTCPublished CVE record published
2026-06-17 00:21 UTCUpdated Record last modified

harrys dynosaur-rails UPGRADE

Affected: < 2015-09-15

Fixed in: 2015-09-15

Safe to downgrade to: no unaffected older release

1. Check installed version

apt-cache policy dynosaur-rails || rpm -q dynosaur-rails || dynosaur-rails --version

2. UPGRADE to 2015-09-15 (Debian / Ubuntu)

sudo apt update && sudo apt install --only-upgrade dynosaur-rails

2. UPGRADE (RHEL / Amazon Linux / Fedora)

sudo dnf upgrade dynosaur-rails

Note

Distros often backport fixes without changing the version number. Confirm with the distro advisory or changelog.

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Quick answers

How do I fix CVE-2015-10083?

dynosaur-rails: upgrade to 2015-09-15. Exact commands for each OS are on this page.

Is CVE-2015-10083 being exploited?

CVE-2015-10083 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of the last update. Check again, as this can change.

What does CVE-2015-10083 affect?

CVE-2015-10083 affects dynosaur-rails. Severity is medium (CVSS 6.3). 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 auth

How urgent is CVE-2015-10083?

Priority 38/100. No elevated risk signals yet.

Software pages

Ruby on Rails vulnerabilities

References

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