cve-2024-35176
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-05-16 15:13
Modified
2024-08-02 03:07
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
REXML contains a denial of service vulnerability
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176
Impacted products
rubyrexml
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