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Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04, 20.04, 18.04: USN-7497-1 critical: CarrierWave issues

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Calendar Grey May 7, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Boost the security of CarrierWave on Ubuntu LTS by auditing dependencies, validating uploads, sanitizing data, managing permissions, implementing CSP, and monitoring logs
Several security issues were fixed in CarrierWave.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in CarrierWave. Software Description: - ruby-carrierwave: Ruby file upload library Details: Rikita Ishikawa discovered that CarrierWave did not correctly sanitize certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-21305) Norihide Saito discovered that CarrierWave did not correctly sanitize certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. (CVE-2023-49090)

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security advisory code execution XSS ubuntu input sanitation carrierwave

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS   ruby-carrierwave                1.3.2-2ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 22.04 LTS   ruby-carrierwave                1.3.2-2ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS   ruby-carrierwave                1.3.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS   ruby-carrierwave                1.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7497-1

  CVE-2021-21305, CVE-2023-49090

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7497-1

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security advisory code execution XSS ubuntu input sanitation carrierwave

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