SecuriTricks - CVE-2024-39908

Description

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. 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 many be impacted to these vulnerabilities. The REXML gem 3.3.2 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid parsing untrusted XML strings.

Product(s) Impacted

Product	Versions
REXML gem	['< 3.3.1']

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References

https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/07/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-39908

CVSS Score

4.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Attack Complexity: LOW
Privileges Required: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Timeline

Published: July 16, 2024, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified: July 16, 2024, 6:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security-advisories@github.com

CVE-2024-39908