Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking Affecting rubygem-mysql2-doc package, versions <0:0.4.10-4.module+el8.4.0+592+03ff458a


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.88% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-RUBYGEMMYSQL2DOC-3196663
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • 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 Rocky-Linux:8 rubygem-mysql2-doc to version 0:0.4.10-4.module+el8.4.0+592+03ff458a or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:5779.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-mysql2-doc package and not the rubygem-mysql2-doc package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux: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

version 3.1