CVE-2024-39908: REXML denial of service vulnerability
(updated )
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 may be impacted to these vulnerabilities.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8
- github.com/ruby/rexml
- github.com/ruby/rexml/releases/tag/v3.3.2
- github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8
- github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rexml/CVE-2024-39908.yml
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39908
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0008
- www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/07/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-39908
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