MGASA-2020-0306 - Updated ruby-rack packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 31 Jul 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0306.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2020-8184

A reliance on cookies without validation/integrity check security vulnerability
exists in rack < 2.2.3 that makes it is possible for an attacker to forge a
secure or host-only cookie prefix (CVE-2020-8184).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26952
- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2020/dla-2275
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8184

SRPMS:
- 7/core/ruby-rack-2.0.8-2.mga7

Mageia 2020-0306: ruby-rack security update

A reliance on cookies without validation/integrity check security vulnerability exists in rack < 2.2.3 that makes it is possible for an attacker to forge a secure or host-only cook...

Summary

A reliance on cookies without validation/integrity check security vulnerability exists in rack < 2.2.3 that makes it is possible for an attacker to forge a secure or host-only cookie prefix (CVE-2020-8184).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26952

- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2020/dla-2275

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8184

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0306 - Updated ruby-rack packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/ruby-rack-2.0.8-2.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 31 Jul 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0306.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-8184

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