Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking Affecting rubygem-net-telnet package, versions <0:0.2.0-138.module+el8.6.0+20740+358d9979


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.75% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-RUBYGEMNETTELNET-2602351
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed1 Jan 2022

Introduced: 1 Jan 2022

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 rubygem-net-telnet to version 0:0.2.0-138.module+el8.6.0+20740+358d9979 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-6447.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-net-telnet package and not the rubygem-net-telnet package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle: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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