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 36
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ruby | 2.5.9-113.module_el8.10.0+3932+2d440da3 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ruby-devel | 2.5.9-113.module_el8.10.0+3932+2d440da3 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ruby-doc | 2.5.9-113.module_el8.10.0+3932+2d440da3 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ruby-irb | 2.5.9-113.module_el8.10.0+3932+2d440da3 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ruby-libs | 2.5.9-113.module_el8.10.0+3932+2d440da3 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-abrt | 0.3.0-4.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-abrt-doc | 0.3.0-4.module_el8.5.0+2623+08a8ba32 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-bigdecimal | 1.3.4-113.module_el8.10.0+3932+2d440da3 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-bson | 4.3.0-2.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-bson | 4.3.0-2.module_el8.6.0+3170+4b08f9d4 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-bson | 4.3.0-2.module_el8.5.0+259+8cec6917 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-bson-doc | 4.3.0-2.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-bundler | 1.16.1-4.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-bundler-doc | 1.16.1-4.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-did_you_mean | 1.2.0-113.module_el8.10.0+3932+2d440da3 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-io-console | 0.4.6-113.module_el8.10.0+3932+2d440da3 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-json | 2.1.0-113.module_el8.10.0+3932+2d440da3 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-minitest | 5.10.3-113.module_el8.10.0+3932+2d440da3 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-mongo | 2.5.1-2.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-mongo-doc | 2.5.1-2.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-mysql2 | 0.4.10-4.module_el8.5.0+259+8cec6917 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-mysql2 | 0.4.10-4.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-mysql2 | 0.4.10-4.module_el8.6.0+3170+4b08f9d4 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-mysql2-doc | 0.4.10-4.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-net-telnet | 0.1.1-113.module_el8.10.0+3932+2d440da3 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-openssl | 2.1.2-113.module_el8.10.0+3932+2d440da3 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-pg | 1.0.0-3.module_el8.9.0+3635+c6f99506 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-pg-doc | 1.0.0-3.module_el8.9.0+3635+c6f99506 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-power_assert | 1.1.1-113.module_el8.10.0+3932+2d440da3 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-psych | 3.0.2-113.module_el8.10.0+3932+2d440da3 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-rake | 12.3.3-113.module_el8.10.0+3932+2d440da3 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-rdoc | 6.0.1.1-113.module_el8.10.0+3932+2d440da3 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-test-unit | 3.2.7-113.module_el8.10.0+3932+2d440da3 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-xmlrpc | 0.3.0-113.module_el8.10.0+3932+2d440da3 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygems | 2.7.6.3-113.module_el8.10.0+3932+2d440da3 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygems-devel | 2.7.6.3-113.module_el8.10.0+3932+2d440da3 |
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…