Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04, 20.04, 18.04: USN-7497-1 critical: CarrierWave issues
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May 7, 2025
Several security issues were fixed in CarrierWave.
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)
Topics Covered
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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