CVE-2024-43398

2024-08-2215:15:16

CWE-776

GitHub_M

web.nvd.nist.gov

rexml

xml parsing

vulnerability

patch

CVSS3

5.9

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

5.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

9.6%

JSON

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.6 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many deep elements that have same local name attributes. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs with tree parser API like REXML::Document.new, you may be impacted to this vulnerability. If you use other parser APIs such as stream parser API and SAX2 parser API, this vulnerability is not affected. The REXML gem 3.3.6 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

rubyrexmlRange<3.3.6

VendorProductVersionCPE
rubyrexml*cpe:2.3:a:ruby:rexml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "ruby",
    "product": "rexml",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "< 3.3.6",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]