SB2025090473 - Ubuntu update for ruby2.5



SB2025090473 - Ubuntu update for ruby2.5

Published: September 4, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025090473
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27280)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the "ungetbyte" and "ungetc" methods. A remote attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27282)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in Regex search. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted string to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of heap memory on the system.


3) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35176)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing XML that has multiple bracket character occurrences (e.g. "<") in an attribute value. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


4) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24294)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when handling DNS packets. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.