CVE-2024-41946

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

5.3
Medium

Description

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
REXML gem for Ruby
  • 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/commit/033d1909a8f259d5a7c53681bcaf14f13bcf0368
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-5866-49gr-22v4
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41946

Tags

security-advisories@github.com
CWE-400
2024-08-01
CVE-2024-41946

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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