Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-39908): Ruby vulnerabilities

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-39908): Ruby vulnerabilities

Severity

4

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Published

07/16/2024

Created

11/07/2024

Added

11/06/2024

Modified

02/07/2025

Description

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.1 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as `<`, `0` and `%>`. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you many be impacted to these vulnerabilities. The REXML gem 3.3.2 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid parsing untrusted XML strings.

Solution(s)

• ubuntu-upgrade-libruby2-7
• ubuntu-upgrade-libruby3-0
• ubuntu-upgrade-libruby3-2
• ubuntu-upgrade-libruby3-3
• ubuntu-upgrade-ruby2-7
• ubuntu-upgrade-ruby3-0
• ubuntu-upgrade-ruby3-2
• ubuntu-upgrade-ruby3-3

References

• https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2024-39908
• CVE - 2024-39908
• USN-7091-1
• USN-7091-2
• USN-7256-1