QID 356240

Date Published: 2023-09-28

QID 356240: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ruby : ALASRUBY3.0-2023-007

A flaw was found in the way the ruby rexml library parsed xml documents.
Parsing a specially crafted xml document using rexml and writing parsed data back to a new xml document results in creating a document with a different structure.
This issue could affect the integrity of processed data in applications using rexml that parse xml documents, write data back to xml, and re-parse them again. (
( CVE-2021-28965)

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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a securitybreach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.

Solution

Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALASRUBY3.0-2023-007 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.

Vendor References

ALASRUBY3.0-2023-007 - alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALASRUBY3.0-2023-007.html

CVEs related to QID 356240

CVE-2021-28965 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
ALASRUBY3.0-2023-007	amazon linux 2		alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALASRUBY3.0-2023-007.html

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