CVE-2025-27219

Publication date 4 March 2025

Last updated 17 April 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

In the CGI gem before 0.4.2 for Ruby, the CGI::Cookie.parse method in the CGI library contains a potential Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability. The method does not impose any limit on the length of the raw cookie value it processes. This oversight can lead to excessive resource consumption when parsing extremely large cookies.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
jruby 24.10 oracular
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
ruby2.3 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
ruby2.5 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
ruby2.7 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.7.0-5ubuntu1.18
ruby3.0 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.0.2-7ubuntu2.10
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
ruby3.2 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.24.04.5
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
ruby3.3 24.10 oracular
Fixed 3.3.4-2ubuntu5.2
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release

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Notes

mdeslaur

Fixed in CGI gem versions 0.3.5.1, 0.3.7, 0.4.2

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ruby3.3

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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