cve-2024-43398
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-08-22 14:14
Modified
2024-08-22 14:43
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
REXML denial of service vulnerability
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/ruby/rexml/releases/tag/v3.3.6
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vmwr-mc7x-5vc3
Impacted products
rubyrexml
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