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CVE-2024-41946
high 7.5
REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.2 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many entity expansions with SAX2 or pull parser API. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.
Details
- Status
- Modified
- Published
- Last changed
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
- Weakness
- CWE-400
Severity
| Version | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | medium 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
security-advisories@github.comSecondary |
| CVSS 3.1 | high 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
nvd@nist.govPrimary |
Affected products
Vendor and product from the NVD’s CPE applicability statements. Versions and conditions are on the NVD’s page.
- ruby-lang · rexml
References
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/033d1909a8f259d5a7c53681bcaf14f13bcf0368Patch
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-5866-49gr-22v4Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexmlNot Applicable
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41946Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0007/