{"id":"USN-7256-1","summary":"ruby2.7 vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled parsing of an XML document\nthat has specific XML characters in an attribute value using REXML gem. An\nattacker could use this issue to cause Ruby to crash, resulting in a\ndenial of service.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:46:30Z","published":"2025-02-06T03:10:39Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2024-39908","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43398"],"upstream":["CVE-2024-39908","CVE-2024-43398","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-39908","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43398"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7256-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-39908"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-43398"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ruby2.7","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.7@2.7.0-5ubuntu1.16?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.7.0-5ubuntu1.16"}]}],"versions":["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":"ruby2.7"},{"binary_version":"2.7.0-5ubuntu1.16","binary_name":"ruby2.7-dev"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2024-39908"},{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2024-43398"}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7256-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}