CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-39908
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-07-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400
Description
REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.1 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as `<`, `0` and `%>`. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you many be impacted to these vulnerabilities. The REXML gem 3.3.2 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid parsing untrusted XML strings.
Affected configurations
• ruby-lang rexml (< 3.3.2)
• netapp bootstrap os
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness
References
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/07/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-39908 Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8 Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html lists.debian.org
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0008/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/07/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-39908 Vendor Advisory