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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-28965: Security patch for ruby24 (ALAS-2021-1501)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-28965: Security patch for ruby24 (ALAS-2021-1501)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
04/20/2021
Created
05/22/2021
Added
05/20/2021
Modified
05/20/2021

Description

The REXML gem before 3.2.5 in Ruby before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.3, and 3.x before 3.0.1 does not properly address XML round-trip issues. An incorrect document can be produced after parsing and serializing.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby24

References

  • ALAS-2021-1501
  • CVE-2021-28965
  • USN-4922-1
  • USN-4922-2

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