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AlmaLinux 9 : ruby:3.1 (ALSA-2025:4488)
high Nessus Plugin ID 235611
Synopsis
The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:4488 advisory.* rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML (CVE-2024-39908)
* rexml: rubygem-rexml: DoS when parsing an XML having many specific characters such as whitespace character, >] and ]> (CVE-2024-41123)
* rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML (CVE-2024-41946)
* rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML (CVE-2024-43398)
* CGI: ReDoS in CGI::Util#escapeElement (CVE-2025-27220)
* CGI: Denial of Service in CGI::Cookie.parse (CVE-2025-27219)
* uri: userinfo leakage in URI#join, URI#merge and URI#+ (CVE-2025-27221)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 235611
File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-4488.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks
Published: 5/8/2025
Updated: 5/8/2025
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-27221
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.2
Threat Score: 6.9
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-43398
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-mysql2, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-mysql2-doc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-pg, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-pg-doc, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/16/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-39908, CVE-2024-41123, CVE-2024-41946, CVE-2024-43398, CVE-2025-27219, CVE-2025-27220, CVE-2025-27221