GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8
REXML denial of service vulnerability
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2024-39908
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CVSS_V4
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Description
### Impact The REXML gem before 3.3.1 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as `<`, `0` and `%>`. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you may be impacted to these vulnerabilities. ### Patches The REXML gem 3.3.2 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities. ### Workarounds Don't parse untrusted XMLs. ### References * https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh : This is a similar vulnerability * https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/07/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-39908/
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| RubyGems · rexml | introduced 0, fixed 3.3.2 |
References
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8 WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39908 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml PACKAGE
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/releases/tag/v3.3.2 WEB
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rexml/CVE-2024-39908.yml WEB
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html WEB
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0008 WEB
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/07/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-39908 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |