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Diffstat (limited to 'actionpack')
| -rw-r--r-- | actionpack/CHANGELOG | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb | 4 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | actionpack/lib/action_controller/request.rb | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | actionpack/test/controller/request_test.rb | 9 |
4 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG index 1110c5cac6..352c4253f4 100644 --- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG +++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ *2.3.0 [Edge]* +* Allow users to opt out of the spoofing checks in Request#remote_ip. Useful for sites whose traffic regularly triggers false positives. [Darren Boyd] + * Deprecated formatted_polymorphic_url. [Jeremy Kemper] * Added the option to declare an asset_host as an object that responds to call (see http://github.com/dhh/asset-hosting-with-minimum-ssl for an example) [DHH] diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb index dca66ff0a5..c2f0c1c4f6 100644 --- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb +++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb @@ -327,6 +327,10 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc: # sets it to <tt>:authenticity_token</tt> by default. cattr_accessor :request_forgery_protection_token + # Controls the IP Spoofing check when determining the remote IP. + @@ip_spoofing_check = true + cattr_accessor :ip_spoofing_check + # Indicates whether or not optimise the generated named # route helper methods cattr_accessor :optimise_named_routes diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/request.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/request.rb index baa955cb04..087fffe87d 100755 --- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/request.rb +++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/request.rb @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ module ActionController remote_ips = @env['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'] && @env['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'].split(',') if @env.include? 'HTTP_CLIENT_IP' - if remote_ips && !remote_ips.include?(@env['HTTP_CLIENT_IP']) + if ActionController::Base.ip_spoofing_check && remote_ips && !remote_ips.include?(@env['HTTP_CLIENT_IP']) # We don't know which came from the proxy, and which from the user raise ActionControllerError.new(<<EOM) IP spoofing attack?! diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/request_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/request_test.rb index 316a203e97..ba4a6da39b 100644 --- a/actionpack/test/controller/request_test.rb +++ b/actionpack/test/controller/request_test.rb @@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ class RequestTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase assert_match /HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR="9.9.9.9, 3.4.5.6, 10.0.0.1, 172.31.4.4"/, e.message assert_match /HTTP_CLIENT_IP="8.8.8.8"/, e.message + # turn IP Spoofing detection off. + # This is useful for sites that are aimed at non-IP clients. The typical + # example is WAP. Since the cellular network is not IP based, it's a + # leap of faith to assume that their proxies are ever going to set the + # HTTP_CLIENT_IP/HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR headers properly. + ActionController::Base.ip_spoofing_check = false + assert_equal('8.8.8.8', @request.remote_ip(true)) + ActionController::Base.ip_spoofing_check = true + @request.env['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'] = '8.8.8.8, 9.9.9.9' assert_equal '8.8.8.8', @request.remote_ip(true) |