Red Hat Security Advisory: ruby security update
Ruby is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented, scripting language. It has features to process text files and to perform system management tasks. Security Fix(es): * resolv: Denial of Service in resolv gem (CVE-2025-24294) * rexml: REXML denial of service (CVE-2025-58767) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The security advisory from Red Hat addresses denial of service vulnerabilities in Ruby, an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented scripting language. The specific issues fixed include a denial of service in the resolv gem (CVE-2025-24294) and a denial of service in the REXML library (CVE-2025-58767). These vulnerabilities could be exploited to disrupt normal service operation. Red Hat has issued patches for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and associated CodeReady Linux Builder variants across multiple architectures. The advisory references three CVEs and provides updated package versions to remediate the issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities allow denial of service attacks via the resolv gem and REXML library in Ruby. This could result in service disruption or application crashes on affected systems running vulnerable Ruby versions. The security impact is rated as moderate by Red Hat Product Security. There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of the advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the updated Ruby packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related products as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:23141. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official patches.
Red Hat Security Advisory: ruby security update
Description
Ruby is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented, scripting language. It has features to process text files and to perform system management tasks. Security Fix(es): * resolv: Denial of Service in resolv gem (CVE-2025-24294) * rexml: REXML denial of service (CVE-2025-58767) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
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Technical Analysis
The security advisory from Red Hat addresses denial of service vulnerabilities in Ruby, an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented scripting language. The specific issues fixed include a denial of service in the resolv gem (CVE-2025-24294) and a denial of service in the REXML library (CVE-2025-58767). These vulnerabilities could be exploited to disrupt normal service operation. Red Hat has issued patches for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and associated CodeReady Linux Builder variants across multiple architectures. The advisory references three CVEs and provides updated package versions to remediate the issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities allow denial of service attacks via the resolv gem and REXML library in Ruby. This could result in service disruption or application crashes on affected systems running vulnerable Ruby versions. The security impact is rated as moderate by Red Hat Product Security. There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of the advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the updated Ruby packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related products as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:23141. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official patches.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:23141
- Cve Count
- 3
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-58767","CVE-2025-61594"]
Threat ID: 6a3da1d94853345fc1828610
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:47:05 UTC
Last enriched: 08/04/2026, 15:44:05 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:24:55 UTC
Views: 121
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