Em resumo
- CVE-2024-39908 é uma vulnerabilidade MÉDIO (CVSS 4.3) que afeta rexml, rexml (ruby-lang).
- Chance de exploração nos próximos 30 dias (EPSS): 1.5%, maior que 74.2% das vulnerabilidades.
- Correção: atualize para 3.3.2 ou posterior.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|
| rexml RubyGems | < 3.3.2
| 3.3.2
|
| rexml | < 3.3.2
| 3.3.2
|
Description
Impact
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 may be impacted to these vulnerabilities.
Patches
The REXML gem 3.3.2 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities.
Workarounds
Don't parse untrusted XMLs.
References
NVD 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.
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