CVE-2024-41946

2024-08-0115:15:14

Alpine Linux Development Team

security.alpinelinux.org

rexml gem

xml toolkit

ruby

dos vulnerability

sax2

pull parser api

patch

fix

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

5.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

23.8%

JSON

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.2 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many entity expansions with SAX2 or pull parser API. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Alpineedge-mainnoarchruby-rexml= 3.2.9-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.20-mainnoarchruby-rexml= 3.2.9-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.19-mainnoarchruby-rexml= 3.2.6-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.18-mainnoarchruby-rexml= 3.2.5-r3UNKNOWN
Alpine3.17-mainnoarchruby-rexml= 3.2.5-r2UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Alpine	edge-main	noarch	ruby-rexml	= 3.2.9-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.20-main	noarch	ruby-rexml	= 3.2.9-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.19-main	noarch	ruby-rexml	= 3.2.6-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.18-main	noarch	ruby-rexml	= 3.2.5-r3	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.17-main	noarch	ruby-rexml	= 3.2.5-r2	UNKNOWN