CVE-2023-28755 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2023-28755: A ReDoS issue was discovered in the URI component through 0.12.0 in Ruby through 3.2.1. The URI parser mishandles invalid URLs that have specific characters. It causes an increase in execution time for parsing strings to URI objects. The fixed versions are 0.12.1, 0.11.1, 0.10.2 and 0.10.0.1.

Affects 8 Linux releases across 10 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2023-28755 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

ruby2.7→ fixed in2.7.4-1+deb11u2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y ruby2.7
```
rubygems→ fixed in3.2.5-2+deb11u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y rubygems
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

rubygems→ fixed in3.3.15-2+deb12u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y rubygems
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

jruby→ fixed in9.4.5.0+ds-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y jruby
```
rubygems→ fixed in3.4.20-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y rubygems
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

ruby→ fixed in3.1.4-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade ruby
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

ruby→ fixed in3.1.4-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade ruby
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

ruby→ fixed in3.1.4-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade ruby
```

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

ruby→ fixed in3.1.4-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade ruby
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

ruby→ fixed in3.1.4-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade ruby
```

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