GHSA-r55c-59qm-vjw6
REXML DoS vulnerability
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2024-41123
- 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:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Description
### Impact The REXML gem before 3.3.2 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as whitespace character, `>]` and `]>`. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you may be impacted to these vulnerabilities. ### Patches The REXML gem 3.3.3 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://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8 : This is a similar vulnerability * https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41123/: An announce on www.ruby-lang.org
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| RubyGems · rexml | introduced 0, fixed 3.3.3 |
References
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8 WEB
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-r55c-59qm-vjw6 WEB
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41123 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml PACKAGE
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rexml/CVE-2024-41123.yml WEB
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html WEB
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241227-0005 WEB
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41123 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |