GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh
First published: Thu May 16 2024(Updated: )
### 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 many 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/
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| rubygems/rexml | <3.2.7 | 3.2.7 |
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Reference Links
- 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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35176
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh (Advisory)
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