PT-2004-1834 · Ruby · Cgi::Session

Published 2004-08-19 · Updated 2017-10-11 · CVE-2004-0755

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CGI::Session versions prior to 1.8.1

Description The issue allows local users to steal session information and hijack sessions due to insecure file permissions created by the FileStore capability in CGI::Session for Ruby.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.8.1, update to version 1.8.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0755

DSA-537

RHSA-2004:441

Affected Products

Cgi::Session

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0755 · Security Note
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:128 · Vendor Advisory
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-08.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2004/dsa-537 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12290 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16996 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11128 · Note