CVE-2024-49761

A flaw was found in the REXML XML toolkit for Ruby. Parsing XML data containing a large number of digits between & and x...; in a hex numeric character reference &x...; can trigger a regular expression denial of service ReDoS condition, leading to a denial of service...

CVE-2024-49761

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.9 has a ReDoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many digits between & and x...; in a hex numeric character reference &x...;. This does not happen with Ruby 3.2 or later. Ruby 3.1 is the only affected maintained Ruby. The REXML...

CVE-2024-49761

CVE-2024-49761 affects the Ruby ecosystem via the REXML XML toolkit. The vulnerability exists in the REXML gem before 3.3.9, where parsing an XML containing hex numeric character references (&#x...;) with many digits can cause a ReDoS. Ruby 3.2+ is not affected; Ruby 3.1 is the affected maintaine...

CVE-2024-49761 REXML ReDoS vulnerability

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.9 has a ReDoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many digits between & and x...; in a hex numeric character reference &x...;. This does not happen with Ruby 3.2 or later. Ruby 3.1 is the only affected maintained Ruby. The REXML...

REXML ReDoS vulnerability

Impact The REXML gem before 3.3.9 has a ReDoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many digits between & and x...; in a hex numeric character reference &x...;. This does not happen with Ruby 3.2 or later. Ruby 3.1 is the only affected maintained Ruby. Note that Ruby 3.1 will reach EOL on...

REXML ReDoS vulnerability

Impact The REXML gem before 3.3.9 has a ReDoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many digits between & and x...; in a hex numeric character reference &x...;. This does not happen with Ruby 3.2 or later. Ruby 3.1 is the only affected maintained Ruby. Note that Ruby 3.1 will reach EOL on...