CVE-2023-28120

Publication date 9 January 2025

Last updated 30 May 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

There is a vulnerability in ActiveSupport if the new bytesplice method is called on a SafeBuffer with untrusted user input.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
rails 25.04 plucky
Needs evaluation
24.10 oracular
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
rails-4.0 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
ruby-actionpack-3.2 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
ruby-activemodel-3.2 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
ruby-activerecord-3.2 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
ruby-activesupport-3.2 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
ruby-rails-3.2 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

Notes

seth-arnold

In Oneiric-Saucy, rails package is just for transition; The rails package contains actual code from vivid onward

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.3 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N