Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking Affecting rubygem-psych package, versions <0:3.3.2-141.module+el8.6.0+16311+3e5e17e9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.39% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-RUBYGEMPSYCH-1974074
  • published 26 Nov 2021
  • disclosed 24 Nov 2021

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 rubygem-psych to version 0:3.3.2-141.module+el8.6.0+16311+3e5e17e9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-psych package and not the rubygem-psych 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

version 3.1
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NVD

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None
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Red Hat

7.5 high
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SUSE

6.5 medium