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CVE-2024-41946

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.

Published

2024-08-01T15:15:14.100

Last Modified

2025-01-17T20:15:28.380

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-400
Type: Primary
CWE-400

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	ruby-lang	rexml	< 3.3.3	Yes

References

https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/033d1909a8f259d5a7c53681bcaf14f13bcf0368 Patch ([email protected])
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-5866-49gr-22v4 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml Not Applicable ([email protected])
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41946 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0007/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)