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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-41819: Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-41819: Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/01/2022
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-ruby

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