CVE-2024-41946

2024-08-0115:15:14

CWE-400

GitHub_M

web.nvd.nist.gov

rexml gem

xml toolkit

dos vulnerability

entity expansions

sax2

pull parser api

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

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.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Vulners

Vulnrichment

Node

ruby-langrexmlRange<3.3.3ruby

VendorProductVersionCPE
ruby-langrexml*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:rexml:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
ruby-lang	rexml	*	cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:rexml::::::ruby::*

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "ruby",
    "product": "rexml",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "< 3.3.3",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]