CVE-2024-41123 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2024-41123: REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.2 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as whitespace character, `>]` and `]>`. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities.

Affects 6 Linux releases across 6 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2024-41123 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+deb11u3urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y ruby2.7
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

ruby3.3→ fixed in3.3.5-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y ruby3.3
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

ruby-rexml→ fixed in3.3.9-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade ruby-rexml

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

ruby-rexml→ fixed in3.3.9-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade ruby-rexml

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

ruby-rexml→ fixed in3.3.9-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade ruby-rexml

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

ruby-rexml→ fixed in3.3.9-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade ruby-rexml

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