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ghsa-2rxp-v6pw-ch6m

Vulnerability from github

Published

2024-10-28 14:10

Modified

2024-10-29 14:59

Severity ?

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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

Details

Impact

The REXML gem before 3.3.9 has a ReDoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many digits between &# and x...; in a hex numeric character reference (&#x...;).

This does not happen with Ruby 3.2 or later. Ruby 3.1 is the only affected maintained Ruby. Note that Ruby 3.1 will reach EOL on 2025-03.

Patches

The REXML gem 3.3.9 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.

Workarounds

Use Ruby 3.2 or later instead of Ruby 3.1.

References

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/10/28/redos-rexml-cve-2024-49761/: An announce on www.ruby-lang.org

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        "name": "rexml"
      },
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          ],
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        }
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  "aliases": [
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  ],
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    "nvd_published_at": "2024-10-28T15:15:05Z",
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  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nThe REXML gem before 3.3.9 has a ReDoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many digits between `\u0026#` and `x...;` in a hex numeric character reference (`\u0026#x...;`).\n\nThis does not happen with Ruby 3.2 or later. Ruby 3.1 is the only affected maintained Ruby. Note that Ruby 3.1 will reach EOL on 2025-03.\n\n### Patches\n\nThe REXML gem 3.3.9 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nUse Ruby 3.2 or later instead of Ruby 3.1.\n\n### References\n\n* https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/10/28/redos-rexml-cve-2024-49761/: An announce on www.ruby-lang.org\n",
  "id": "GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6m",
  "modified": "2024-10-29T14:59:27Z",
  "published": "2024-10-28T14:10:18Z",
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    {
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      "url": "https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/ce59f2eb1aeb371fe1643414f06618dbe031979f"
    },
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    },
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    },
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "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",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "REXML ReDoS vulnerability"
}

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

▼	URL	Tags
	https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6m	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/ce59f2eb1aeb371fe1643414f06618dbe031979f	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/10/28/redos-rexml-cve-2024-49761	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

▼

ruby

rexml

Version: < 3.3.9

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Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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ghsa-2rxp-v6pw-ch6m

Vulnerability from github

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cve-2024-49761

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

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