CVE-2024-41123 REXML DoS vulnerability

2024-08-0114:18:43

CWE-400

GitHub_M

github.com

rexml

xml

toolkit

vulnerability

CVSS3

5.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

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

AI Score

5.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

23.8%

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

yes

Technical Impact

partial

JSON

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.2 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as whitespace character, >] and ]>. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities.

CNA Affected

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

ADP Affected

[
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:rexml:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*"
    ],
    "vendor": "ruby-lang",
    "product": "rexml",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "3.3.3",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unknown"
  }
]