CVE-2024-39908
July 16, 2024, 6:15 p.m.
Tags
CVSS Score
Product(s) Impacted
REXML gem
- < 3.3.1
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.
Weaknesses
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.
CWE ID: 400Date
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 infoSource
security-advisories@github.com
CVSS Data
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Base Score
Exploitability Score
Impact Score
Base Severity
MEDIUMCVSS Vector String
The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.
View Vector StringCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L