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 Base Scores

version 3.1