CVE-2021-41816
Public on 2022-02-06
Modified on 2024-06-20
Description
CGI.escape_html in Ruby before 2.7.5 and 3.x before 3.0.3 has an integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow via a long string on platforms (such as Windows) where size_t and long have different numbers of bytes. This also affects the CGI gem before 0.3.1 for Ruby.
CVSS v3 Base Score
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Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | ruby | Not Affected | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Ruby2.6 Extra | ruby | Not Affected | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Ruby3.0 Extra | ruby | 2023-09-25 | ALAS2RUBY3.0-2023-003 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | ruby24 | Not Affected | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | ruby3.2 | Not Affected |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |