cve-2024-49761
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-10-28 14:10
Modified
2024-10-28 14:58
Severity ?
6.6 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
Summary
REXML ReDoS vulnerability
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/ce59f2eb1aeb371fe1643414f06618dbe031979fPatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6mThird Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/10/28/redos-rexml-cve-2024-49761Vendor Advisory
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