BIT-ruby-2021-28965

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    BIT-ruby-2021-28965

    Published: 6 Mar 2024Last Modified: 8 Sept 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The REXML gem before 3.2.5 in Ruby before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.3, and 3.x before 3.0.1 does not properly address XML round-trip issues. An incorrect document can be produced after parsing and serializing.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WTVFTLFVCSUE5CXHINJEUCKSHU4SWDMT/, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210528-0003/, https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2021/04/05/xml-round-trip-vulnerability-in-rexml-cve-2021-28965/, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28965

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ruby

    Purl: pkg:bitnami/ruby

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.6.7

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
    None
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