USN-7290-1: Rails vulnerabilities

25 February 2025

Several security issues were fixed in Rails.

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Releases

Packages

  • rails - MVC ruby based framework geared for web application development (

Details

It was discovered that Rails did not correctly handle parsing block
formats in email service layers. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-47889)

It was discovered that Rails did not correctly handle parsing block
quotes in rich text content. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2024-47888)

It was discovered that Rails did not correctly handle parsing HTTP
token authentication headers. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-47887)

It was discovered that Rails did not correctly handle parsing query
parameters in web requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-41128)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

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

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