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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: ruby-sidekiq Important XSS DoS Issue USN-7695-1

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Calendar Grey August 14, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu's Security Advisory USN-7645-1 highlights essential updates for GitLab on the 22.04, 20.04, and 18.04 LTS distributions.
Several security issues were fixed in Sidekiq.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Sidekiq.

Software Description:

- ruby-sidekiq: Simple, efficient background processing for Ruby

Details:

Anas Roubi discovered that Sidekiq did not correctly sanitize certain

inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site

scripting (XSS) attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-30151)

It was discovered that Sidekiq did not correctly bound certain inputs. An

attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

(CVE-2022-23837)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service XSS Ubuntu important ruby-sidekiq

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  ruby-sidekiq                    6.3.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  ruby-sidekiq                    5.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  ruby-sidekiq                    5.0.4+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7695-1

CVE-2021-30151, CVE-2022-23837

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7695-1

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security advisory denial of service XSS Ubuntu important ruby-sidekiq

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