Distribution advisory
This page covers CVE-2024-49761 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package ruby2.3. The fix is available in version 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm10; earlier versions remain affected.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.
CVSS metrics in full
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
- Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
- Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
- Attack requirements: None — no deployment-specific condition has to hold.
- Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
- User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
- Confidentiality impact: None.
- Integrity impact: None.
- Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
Weakness class
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49761 is classified as CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. A regular expression backtracks catastrophically on crafted input, consuming CPU out of proportion to input size.
Affected software
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49761 is recorded against 5 packages.
- ruby2.3 (fixed in 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm10)
- ruby2.5 (fixed in 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.16+esm4)
- ruby2.7 (fixed in 2.7.0-5ubuntu1.15)
- ruby3.0 (fixed in 3.0.2-7ubuntu2.8)
- ruby3.2 (fixed in 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.24.04.3)
Timeline and source
Published on 28 October 2024 and last revised on 22 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
www.ruby-lang.org (Report)
github.com (Report)
www.ruby-lang.org (Report)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
Other advisories for this package
ruby2.3 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
Same weakness in other software
These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity) in other software:
