Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| ruby / rexml | affected < 3.2.7 |
CWE
CWE-400, CWE-770
References
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
No references supplied.
No English description supplied.
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250306-0001/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html