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CVE-2024-49761
medium 6.6
REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. 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. The REXML gem 3.3.9 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.
Details
- Status
- Modified
- Published
- Last changed
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
- Weakness
- CWE-1333
Severity
| Version | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | medium 6.6 | 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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
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.
References
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/ce59f2eb1aeb371fe1643414f06618dbe031979fPatch
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6mThird Party Advisory
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/10/28/redos-rexml-cve-2024-49761Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241227-0004/Third Party Advisory