File CVE-2015-7576.patch of Package rubygem-actionpack-4_2

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File CVE-2015-7576.patch of Package rubygem-actionpack-4_2

diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb
index a219d35..2777d0f 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'base64'
+require 'active_support/security_utils'
 
 module ActionController
   # Makes it dead easy to do HTTP Basic, Digest and Token authentication.
@@ -68,7 +69,11 @@ module ActionController
           def http_basic_authenticate_with(options = {})
             before_action(options.except(:name, :password, :realm)) do
               authenticate_or_request_with_http_basic(options[:realm] || "Application") do |name, password|
-                name == options[:name] && password == options[:password]
+                # This comparison uses & so that it doesn't short circuit and
+                # uses `variable_size_secure_compare` so that length information
+                # isn't leaked.
+                ActiveSupport::SecurityUtils.variable_size_secure_compare(name, options[:name]) &
+                  ActiveSupport::SecurityUtils.variable_size_secure_compare(password, options[:password])
               end
             end
           end

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