CVE-2024-49761

Publication date 28 October 2024

Last updated 17 April 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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 only affected maintained Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.9 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
jruby 24.10 oracular
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
ruby2.3 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
ruby2.5 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
ruby2.7 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.7.0-5ubuntu1.15
ruby3.0 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.0.2-7ubuntu2.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
ruby3.2 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.24.04.3
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
ruby3.3 24.10 oracular
Fixed 3.3.4-2ubuntu5.1
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H