#ruby

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202408-24 - A vulnerability has been discovered in Ruby on Rails, which can lead to remote code execution via serialization of data. Versions greater than or equal to 6.1.6.1:6.1 are affected.

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202408-22 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Bundler, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution. Versions greater than or equal to 2.2.33 are affected.

Gaati Track version 1.0-2023 suffers from an ignored default credential vulnerability.

Farmacia Gama version 1.0 suffers from an insecure direct object reference vulnerability.

Employee Management System version 1.0 suffers from an ignored default credential vulnerability.

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202408-13 - A vulnerability has been discovered in Nokogiri, which can lead to a denial of service. Versions greater than or equal to 1.13.10 are affected.

Covid-19 Directory on Vaccination System version 1.0 suffers from an ignored default credential vulnerability.

Computer Laboratory Management System version 1.0 suffers from an ignored default credential vulnerability.

### Impact The REXML gem before 3.3.2 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many entity expansions with SAX2 or pull parser API. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs with SAX2 or pull parser API, you may be impacted to this vulnerability. ### Patches The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability. ### Workarounds Don't parse untrusted XMLs with SAX2 or pull parser API. ### References * https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml/ : This is a similar vulnerability * https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41946/: An announce on www.ruby-lang.org

### Impact The REXML gem before 3.3.2 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as whitespace character, `>]` and `]>`. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you may be impacted to these vulnerabilities. ### Patches The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities. ### Workarounds Don't parse untrusted XMLs. ### References * https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh : This is a similar vulnerability * https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8 : This is a similar vulnerability * https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41123/: An announce on www.ruby-lang.org