github - ghsa-5866-49gr-22v4

ghsa-5866-49gr-22v4

Vulnerability from github

Published

2024-08-02 12:33

Modified

2024-09-05 18:38

Severity ?

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Summary

REXML DoS vulnerability

Details

Impact

The REXML gem before 3.3.2 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many entity expansions with SAX2 or pull parser API.

If you need to parse untrusted XMLs with SAX2 or pull parser API, you may be impacted to this vulnerability.

Patches

The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.

Workarounds

Don't parse untrusted XMLs with SAX2 or pull parser API.

References

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml/ : This is a similar vulnerability
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41946/: An announce on www.ruby-lang.org

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        "name": "rexml"
      },
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    "nvd_published_at": "2024-08-01T15:15:14Z",
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  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nThe REXML gem before 3.3.2 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many entity expansions with SAX2 or pull parser API.\n\nIf you need to parse untrusted XMLs with SAX2 or pull parser API, you may be impacted to this vulnerability.\n\n### Patches\n\nThe REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nDon\u0027t parse untrusted XMLs with SAX2 or pull parser API.\n\n### References\n\n* https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml/ : This is a similar vulnerability\n* https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41946/: An announce on www.ruby-lang.org",
  "id": "GHSA-5866-49gr-22v4",
  "modified": "2024-09-05T18:38:47Z",
  "published": "2024-08-02T12:33:15Z",
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    },
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    },
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  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "REXML DoS vulnerability"
}

cve-2024-41946

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2024-08-01 14:22

Modified

2024-08-01 15:50

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 DoS vulnerability

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-5866-49gr-22v4	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/033d1909a8f259d5a7c53681bcaf14f13bcf0368	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41946	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	ruby	rexml

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Sightings

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Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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ghsa-5866-49gr-22v4

Vulnerability from github

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Patches

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References

cve-2024-41946

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

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