Resource Exhaustion Affecting ruby3.2-debuginfo package, versions <0:3.2.7-183.amzn2023.0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
10.43% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-RUBY32DEBUGINFO-9598637
  • published2 Apr 2025
  • disclosed16 Jul 2024

Introduced: 16 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-39908  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 ruby3.2-debuginfo to version 0:3.2.7-183.amzn2023.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-921.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby3.2-debuginfo package and not the ruby3.2-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.1 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as &lt;, 0 and %&gt;. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you many be impacted to these vulnerabilities. The REXML gem 3.3.2 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid parsing untrusted XML strings.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1