CVE-2024-43398
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
RHSA-2025:4063: ruby:3.1 security update (Moderate)
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.3.5-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.3.5-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.3.5-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.7.4-1+deb11u3 |
| bookworm | Affected | — |
AlmaLinux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | rubygem-rexml-3.3.6-3.module_el9.4.0+115+226a984b.noarch.rpm |
Red Hat Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
| 8 | Fixed | — |
Rocky Linux Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
| 8 | Fixed | — |
References
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vmwr-mc7x-5vc3
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6785
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4488
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:4063
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:6784
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:6670
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43398.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:4488
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:6785
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43398
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/7cb5eaeb221c322b9912f724183294d8ce96bae3
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/releases/tag/v3.3.6
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rexml/CVE-2024-43398.yml
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250103-0006
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/22/dos-rexml-cve-2024-43398
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-43398
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6670
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2302268
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2302272
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2307297
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-6670.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6784
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2298243
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