Headline
GHSA-r55c-59qm-vjw6: REXML DoS vulnerability
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
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- GitHub Advisory Database
- GitHub Reviewed
- CVE-2024-41123
REXML DoS vulnerability
Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 1, 2024 in ruby/rexml • Updated Aug 1, 2024
Package
Affected versions
< 3.3.3
Description
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Aug 1, 2024
Severity
CVSS base metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weaknesses
GHSA ID
GHSA-r55c-59qm-vjw6
Source code
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