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Alma Linux: CVE-2024-49761: Important: ruby:3.1 security update (Multiple Advisories)

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Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 28, 2024
Added
Dec 10, 2024
Modified
Apr 20, 2026

Description

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.

Solutions

alma-upgrade-pcsalma-upgrade-pcs-snmpalma-upgrade-rubyalma-upgrade-ruby-bundled-gemsalma-upgrade-ruby-default-gemsalma-upgrade-ruby-develalma-upgrade-ruby-docalma-upgrade-ruby-irbalma-upgrade-ruby-libsalma-upgrade-rubygem-abrtalma-upgrade-rubygem-abrt-docalma-upgrade-rubygem-bigdecimalalma-upgrade-rubygem-bsonalma-upgrade-rubygem-bson-docalma-upgrade-rubygem-bundleralma-upgrade-rubygem-bundler-docalma-upgrade-rubygem-did_you_meanalma-upgrade-rubygem-io-consolealma-upgrade-rubygem-irbalma-upgrade-rubygem-jsonalma-upgrade-rubygem-minitestalma-upgrade-rubygem-mongoalma-upgrade-rubygem-mongo-docalma-upgrade-rubygem-mysql2alma-upgrade-rubygem-mysql2-docalma-upgrade-rubygem-net-telnetalma-upgrade-rubygem-opensslalma-upgrade-rubygem-pgalma-upgrade-rubygem-pg-docalma-upgrade-rubygem-power_assertalma-upgrade-rubygem-psychalma-upgrade-rubygem-rakealma-upgrade-rubygem-rbsalma-upgrade-rubygem-rdocalma-upgrade-rubygem-rexmlalma-upgrade-rubygem-rssalma-upgrade-rubygem-test-unitalma-upgrade-rubygem-typeprofalma-upgrade-rubygem-xmlrpcalma-upgrade-rubygemsalma-upgrade-rubygems-devel

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