CVE-2024-41123

Publication date 1 August 2024

Last updated 21 November 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.2 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as whitespace character, `>]` and `]>`. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities.

Read the notes from the security team

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 Ignored end of ESM support, was needs-triage
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
Vulnerable
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
Vulnerable
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 2.7.0-5ubuntu1.15
ruby3.0 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.0.2-7ubuntu2.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
ruby3.2 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.24.04.3
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
ruby3.3 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release

Notes

0xnishit

same fix as CVE-2024-35176

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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