Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking Affecting ruby-doc package, versions <0:3.0.4-141.module+el8.6.0+16311+3e5e17e9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.77% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-RUBYDOC-1974743
  • published26 Nov 2021
  • disclosed24 Nov 2021

Introduced: 24 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-41819  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-565  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 ruby-doc to version 0:3.0.4-141.module+el8.6.0+16311+3e5e17e9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby-doc package and not the ruby-doc package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 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.

CVSS Scores

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