CVE-2021-41819

Public on 2022-01-01

Modified on 2024-02-23

Description

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.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

6.5

See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	ruby	2024-02-29 10:03	ALAS2-2024-2486
Amazon Linux 2 - Ruby2.6 Extra	ruby	2023-08-07 05:23	ALAS2RUBY2.6-2023-002
Amazon Linux 2 - Ruby3.0 Extra	ruby	2023-08-21 20:59	ALAS2RUBY3.0-2023-003

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	CVSSv2	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
NVD	CVSSv3	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

Red Hat: CVE-2021-41819 Mitre: CVE-2021-41819 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity