CVE-2024-41123

Aug. 1, 2024, 4:45 p.m.

5.3
Medium

Description

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.2 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as whitespace character, `>]` and `]>`. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
REXML gem for Ruby
  • before 3.3.2

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://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-r55c-59qm-vjw6
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41123

Tags

security-advisories@github.com
CWE-400
2024-08-01
CVE-2024-41123

CVSS Score

5.3 / 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:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Timeline

Published: Aug. 1, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Aug. 1, 2024, 4:45 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

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

More info

Source

security-advisories@github.com

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