REXML contains a denial of service vulnerability
### Impact The REXML gem before 3.2.6 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many `>`s in an attribute value. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you may be impacted to this vulnerability. ### Patches The REXML gem 3.2.7 or later include the patch to fix this vulnerability. ### Workarounds Don't parse untrusted XMLs. ### References * https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176/
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
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| CVE-2024-35176US | — | Exploit | ||
REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.2.6 has a denial of service vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many `<`s in an attribute value. Those who need t… | ||||
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External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/ruby/rexmlPACKAGE
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfbWEB
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xghWEB
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.htmlWEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35176ADVISORY
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250306-0001WEB
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176WEB
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