gsd-2021-41816
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2021-11-24 00:00
Details
A security vulnerability that causes buffer overflow when you pass a very large string (> 700 MB) to `CGI.escape_html` on a platform where `long` type takes 4 bytes, typically, Windows. Please update the cgi gem to version 0.3.1, 0.2.1, and 0.1.1 or later. You can use `gem update cgi` to update it. If you are using bundler, please add `gem "cgi", ">= 0.3.1"` to your `Gemfile`. Alternatively, please update Ruby to 2.7.5 or 3.0.3. This issue has been introduced since Ruby 2.7, so the cgi version bundled with Ruby 2.6 is not vulnerable.
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CVE-2021-41816


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