Summary
Ruby is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented, scripting language. It has features to process text files and to perform system management tasks.
Security Fix(es):
* rexml: REXML ReDoS vulnerability (CVE-2024-49761)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Fixed packages 31
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ruby | 3.1.5-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ruby-bundled-gems | 3.1.5-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ruby-default-gems | 3.1.5-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ruby-devel | 3.1.5-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ruby-doc | 3.1.5-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ruby-libs | 3.1.5-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-abrt | 0.4.0-1.module_el8.9.0+3746+91b8233a |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-abrt-doc | 0.4.0-1.module_el8.10.0+3854+02eaa59a |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-bigdecimal | 3.1.1-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-bundler | 2.3.27-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-io-console | 0.5.11-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-irb | 1.4.1-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-json | 2.6.1-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-minitest | 5.15.0-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-mysql2 | 0.5.3-3.module_el8.10.0+3854+02eaa59a |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-mysql2 | 0.5.3-3.module_el8.9.0+3746+91b8233a |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-mysql2-doc | 0.5.3-3.module_el8.10.0+3854+02eaa59a |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-pg | 1.3.2-1.module_el8.10.0+3854+02eaa59a |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-pg | 1.3.2-1.module_el8.9.0+3746+91b8233a |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-pg-doc | 1.3.2-1.module_el8.10.0+3854+02eaa59a |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-power_assert | 2.0.1-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-psych | 4.0.4-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-rake | 13.0.6-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-rbs | 2.7.0-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-rdoc | 6.4.1.1-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-rexml | 3.2.5-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-rss | 0.2.9-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-test-unit | 3.5.3-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-typeprof | 0.21.3-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygems | 3.3.27-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygems-devel | 3.3.27-144.module_el8.10.0+3933+43481280 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 6.6
REXML ReDoS vulnerability
REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.9 has a ReDoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many digits between &# and x...; in a hex numeric character reference (&#x...;). This does not happen with Ruby 3.2 or later. Ruby 3.1 is the…