GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6m
REXML ReDoS vulnerability
En bref
- Publiée
- Mise à jour
- CVE
- CVE-2024-49761, CVE-2025-10990
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS_V4
- 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
Description
### Impact The REXML gem before 3.3.9 has a ReDoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many digits between `&#` and `x...;` in a hex numeric character reference (`&#x...;`). This does not happen with Ruby 3.2 or later. Ruby 3.1 is the only affected maintained Ruby. Note that Ruby 3.1 will reach EOL on 2025-03. ### Patches The REXML gem 3.3.9 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability. ### Workarounds Use Ruby 3.2 or later instead of Ruby 3.1. ### References * https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/10/28/redos-rexml-cve-2024-49761/: An announce on www.ruby-lang.org
Paquets affectés
| Paquet | Versions |
|---|---|
| RubyGems · rexml | introduced 0, fixed 3.3.9 |
Références
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6m WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49761 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/ce59f2eb1aeb371fe1643414f06618dbe031979f WEB
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml PACKAGE
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rexml/CVE-2024-49761.yml WEB
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html WEB
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241227-0004 WEB
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/10/28/redos-rexml-cve-2024-49761 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |