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-rw-r--r--actionpack/CHANGELOG.md5
-rw-r--r--actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb1
-rw-r--r--actionpack/test/controller/http_digest_authentication_test.rb8
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md b/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md
index 69096443fe..97bd2bf97f 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
## Rails 4.0.0 (unreleased) ##
+* Ensure that digest authentication responds with a 401 status when a basic
+ header is received.
+
+ *Brad Dunbar*
+
* Include I18n locale fallbacks in view lookup.
Fixes GH#3512.
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb
index e295002b16..c7bb2dd147 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ module ActionController
# allow a user to use new nonce without prompting user again for their
# username and password.
def validate_nonce(secret_key, request, value, seconds_to_timeout=5*60)
+ return false if value.nil?
t = ::Base64.decode64(value).split(":").first.to_i
nonce(secret_key, t) == value && (t - Time.now.to_i).abs <= seconds_to_timeout
end
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/http_digest_authentication_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/http_digest_authentication_test.rb
index 537de7a2dd..4287856550 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/http_digest_authentication_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/http_digest_authentication_test.rb
@@ -249,6 +249,14 @@ class HttpDigestAuthenticationTest < ActionController::TestCase
assert_equal 'Definitely Maybe', @response.body
end
+ test "when sent a basic auth header, returns Unauthorized" do
+ @request.env['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'] = 'Basic Gwf2aXq8ZLF3Hxq='
+
+ get :display
+
+ assert_response :unauthorized
+ end
+
private
def encode_credentials(options)