CVE-2024-27280
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
RHSA-2024:4499: ruby security update (Moderate)
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 9 | fixed | |
| rocky | 8 | fixed | |
| sles | affected | | |
| rocky | 9 | fixed | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.1.2-7+deb12u1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.7.4-1+deb11u2 |
| almalinux | 9 | fixed | rubygem-psych-4.0.4-144.module_el9.4.0+101+d58a8d95.aarch64.rpm |
| rhel | 8 | fixed | |
References
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/03/21/buffer-overread-cve-2024-27280/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3668
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3671
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3838
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:4499
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:3546
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-27280.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:3668
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:3671
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27280
- https://github.com/ruby/stringio/commit/0e596524097706263d10900ca180898e4a8f5233
- https://github.com/ruby/stringio/commit/c58c5f54f1eab99665ea6a161d29ff6a7490afc8
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1399856
- https://github.com/ruby/stringio
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/stringio/CVE-2024-27280.yml
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00000.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/27LUWREIFTP3MQAW7QE4PJM4DPAQJWXF
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XYDHPHEZI7OQXTQKTDZHGZNPIJH7ZV5N
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250502-0003
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/03/21/buffer-overread-cve-2024-27280
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/53
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/54
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/55
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-27280
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3546
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.