Vulnerability Details CVE-2024-35176
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.069
EPSS Ranking 91.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.3
References
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250306-0001/
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176
Products affected by CVE-2024-35176
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cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:rexml:-
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cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:rexml:3.1.7.3
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cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:rexml:3.1.8
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cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:rexml:3.1.9
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cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:rexml:3.1.9.1
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cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:rexml:3.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:rexml:3.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:rexml:3.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:rexml:3.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:rexml:3.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:rexml:3.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:rexml:3.2.6