Hi,
Do we plan/want to fix these REXML vulnerabilities accordingly in
ruby3.1 (6 postponed) and ruby3.3 (1 unfixed) ?
This sounds like a candidate for a (O)SPU task:
https://salsa.debian.org/lts-team/lts-updates-tasks/-/issues
Cheers!
Sylvain
On 18/01/2025 09:06, ro...@debian.org wrote:
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Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4018-1 debian-lts@lists.debian.org
https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Bastien Roucariès
January 17, 2025 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : ruby2.7
Version : 2.7.4-1+deb11u3
CVE ID : CVE-2024-35176 CVE-2024-39908 CVE-2024-41123 CVE-2024-41946
CVE-2024-43398 CVE-2024-49761
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in ruby a popular programming
language.
CVE-2024-35176
The REXML gem has a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability
when it parses an XML that has many `<`s in
an attribute value. Those who need to parse
untrusted XMLs may be impacted to this vulnerability.
CVE-2024-39908
The REXML gem has some Denial of Service (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.
CVE-2024-41123
The REXML gem has some Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerabilities
when it parses an XML that has many specific characters
such as whitespace character, >] and ]>.
If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you may be impacted
to these vulnerabilities.
CVE-2024-41946
The REXML gem had a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability
when it parses an XML that has many entity expansions
with SAX2 or pull parser API.
CVE-2024-43398
REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby.
The REXML gem before 3.3.6 has a Denial of Service (DoS)
vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many deep
elements that have same local name attributes.
If you need to parse untrusted XMLs with tree parser
API like REXML::Document.new, you may be impacted
to this vulnerability. If you use other parser APIs
such as stream parser API and SAX2 parser API,
you are not impacted.
CVE-2024-49761
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...;).
For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version
2.7.4-1+deb11u3.
We recommend that you upgrade your ruby2.7 packages.
For the detailed security status of ruby2.7 please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/ruby2.7
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
