FKIE_CVE-2024-35176

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-05-16 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 07:34
Severity
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.2.6 has a denial of service vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many `<`s in an attribute value. Those who need to parse untrusted XMLs may be impacted to this vulnerability. The REXML gem 3.2.7 or later include the patch to fix this vulnerability. As a workaround, don't parse untrusted XMLs.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfbPatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xghVendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfbPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xghVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250306-0001/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ruby-lang rexml *
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