CVE-2024-43398
Aug. 23, 2024, 4:18 p.m.
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Product(s) Impacted
REXML gem for Ruby
- before 3.3.6
Description
REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.6 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many deep elements that have same local name attributes. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs with tree parser API like REXML::Document.new, you may be impacted to this vulnerability. If you use other parser APIs such as stream parser API and SAX2 parser API, this vulnerability is not affected. The REXML gem 3.3.6 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.
Weaknesses
CWE-776
Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')
The product uses XML documents and allows their structure to be defined with a Document Type Definition (DTD), but it does not properly control the number of recursive definitions of entities.
CWE ID: 776Date
Published: Aug. 22, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Aug. 23, 2024, 4:18 p.m.
Status : Awaiting Analysis
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
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
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MEDIUMCVSS Vector String
The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.
View Vector StringCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H