USN-7256-1: Ruby vulnerabilities
Publication date
6 February 2025
Overview
Several security issues were fixed in Ruby.
Releases
Packages
- ruby2.7 - Object-oriented scripting language
Details
It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled parsing of an XML document
that has specific XML characters in an attribute value using REXML gem. An
attacker could use this issue to cause Ruby to crash, resulting in a
denial of service.
It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled parsing of an XML document
that has specific XML characters in an attribute value using REXML gem. An
attacker could use this issue to cause Ruby to crash, resulting in a
denial of service.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 20.04 focal | libruby2.7 – 2.7.0-5ubuntu1.16 | ||
| ruby2.7 – 2.7.0-5ubuntu1.16 | |||
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