INFSA-2024:10860: ruby:3.1 security update
Information about definition
Identificator: INFSA-2024:10860
Type: security
Release date: 2025-07-14 20:28:41 UTC
Information about package
Ruby is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented, scripting language. It has features to process text files and to perform system management tasks.
Vulnerabilities description
- CVE-2024-49761
A flaw was found in the REXML XML toolkit for Ruby. Parsing XML data containing a large number of digits between &# and x...; in a hex numeric character reference (&#x...;) can trigger a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) condition, leading to a denial of service.
Severity level
| CVE | Score CVSS 2.0 | Score CVSS 3.x | Score CVSS 4.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
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NIST — CVE-2024-49761
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no information | 7.5 | no information |
Updated packages