Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking Affecting ruby-irb package, versions <0:2.5.9-110.module+el8.6.0+20712+84e27c2d


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.93% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-RUBYIRB-2969825
  • 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 ruby-irb to version 0:2.5.9-110.module+el8.6.0+20712+84e27c2d or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-5779.

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 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 Base Scores

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