FKIE_CVE-2024-41946

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-08-01 15:15 - Updated: 2025-11-03 21:16
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.2 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many entity expansions with SAX2 or pull parser API. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/033d1909a8f259d5a7c53681bcaf14f13bcf0368Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-5866-49gr-22v4Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexmlNot Applicable
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41946Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0007/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ruby-lang rexml *
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  "lastModified": "2025-11-03T21:16:17.533",
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