REXML contains a denial of service vulnerability

TRUNG BÌNH 5.3CVE-2024-35176 · GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh · Công bố 16/05/2024 · cập nhật 17/06/2026

Gói / sản phẩm	Phiên bản bị ảnh hưởng	Phiên bản đã vá
rexml RubyGems	`< 3.2.7`	`3.2.7`
rexml ruby-lang	`< 3.2.7`	`3.2.7`

Mô tả

Impact

The REXML gem before 3.2.6 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many >s in an attribute value.

If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you may be impacted to this vulnerability.

Patches

The REXML gem 3.2.7 or later include the patch to fix this vulnerability.

Workarounds

Don't parse untrusted XMLs.

References

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176/

Mô tả của NVD

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.