USN-7256-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7256-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7256-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-7256-1
Related
Published
2025-02-06T03:10:39.655048Z
Modified
2025-02-06T03:10:39.655048Z
Summary
ruby2.7 vulnerabilities
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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / ruby2.7

Package

Name
ruby2.7
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.7@2.7.0-5ubuntu1.16?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.0-5ubuntu1.16

Affected versions

2.*

2.7.0-1
2.7.0-2
2.7.0-3
2.7.0-4
2.7.0-4ubuntu1
2.7.0-5ubuntu1
2.7.0-5ubuntu1.1
2.7.0-5ubuntu1.2
2.7.0-5ubuntu1.3
2.7.0-5ubuntu1.4
2.7.0-5ubuntu1.5
2.7.0-5ubuntu1.6
2.7.0-5ubuntu1.7
2.7.0-5ubuntu1.8
2.7.0-5ubuntu1.9
2.7.0-5ubuntu1.10
2.7.0-5ubuntu1.11
2.7.0-5ubuntu1.12
2.7.0-5ubuntu1.13
2.7.0-5ubuntu1.14
2.7.0-5ubuntu1.15

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.7.0-5ubuntu1.16",
            "binary_name": "libruby2.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.7.0-5ubuntu1.16",
            "binary_name": "libruby2.7-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.7.0-5ubuntu1.16",
            "binary_name": "ruby2.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.7.0-5ubuntu1.16",
            "binary_name": "ruby2.7-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.7.0-5ubuntu1.16",
            "binary_name": "ruby2.7-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.7.0-5ubuntu1.16",
            "binary_name": "ruby2.7-doc"
        }
    ]
}