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Ubuntu 22.04: RubyGems Potential ReDoS Vulnerability USN-7747-2

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Calendar Grey September 15, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7747-1 highlights a RubyGems issue that could lead to resource consumption and ReDoS.
RubyGems could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Summary: RubyGems could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted input. Software Description: - rubygems: package management framework for Ruby libraries/applications Details: It was discovered that RubyGems incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause RubyGems to consume resources, leading to a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS).

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security advisory denial of service Ubuntu high resource consumption rubygems

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ruby-bundler 2.3.5-2ubuntu1.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7747-1

CVE-2023-36617

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7747-1

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security advisory denial of service Ubuntu high resource consumption rubygems

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