Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking Affecting ruby-irb package, versions <0:2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.7
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0.39% (74th
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- published 5 Mar 2024
- disclosed 1 Jan 2022
Introduced: 1 Jan 2022
CVE-2021-41819 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 ruby-irb to version 0:2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2486.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby-irb package and not the ruby-irb package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
CGI::Cookie.parse in Ruby through 2.6.8 mishandles security prefixes in cookie names. This also affects the CGI gem through 0.3.0 for Ruby.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-41819
- https://hackerone.com/reports/910552
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2021/11/24/cookie-prefix-spoofing-in-cgi-cookie-parse-cve-2021-41819/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220121-0003/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UTOJGS5IEFDK3UOO7IY4OTTFGHGLSWZF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IUXQCH6FRKANCVZO2Q7D2SQX33FP3KWN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IUXQCH6FRKANCVZO2Q7D2SQX33FP3KWN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UTOJGS5IEFDK3UOO7IY4OTTFGHGLSWZF/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-27
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