CVE-2024-41123

2024-08-0508:16:48

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rexml gem

xml toolkit

ruby

dos vulnerabilities

patches

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

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

23.8%

JSON

A vulnerability was found in REXML, an XML toolkit used for Ruby. When parsing an untrusted XML with many specific characters, the REXML gem may take a long time, leading to a denial of service condition. Some of these special characters include the whitespace character, ‘>]’, and ‘]>’.

Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability. It is recommended to upgrade the REXML gem to fix these vulnerabilities.