CVE-2024-35176: REXML contains a denial of service vulnerability
(updated )
The REXML gem before 3.2.6 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many >s in an attribute value.
If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you may be impacted to this vulnerability.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh
- github.com/ruby/rexml
- github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb
- github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35176
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250306-0001
- www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176
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