CVE-2004-0755 Affecting ruby package, versions [,1.8.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-RUBY-2370236
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 Oct 2004
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Oct 2004

CVE-2004-0755  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ruby to version 1.8.1 or higher.

Overview

The FileStore capability in CGI::Session for Ruby before 1.8.1, and possibly PStore, creates files with insecure permissions, which can allow local users to steal session information and hijack sessions.

References

CVSS Scores

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