There is a DoS vulnerability in REXML gem. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-39908. We strongly recommend upgrading the REXML gem.
Details
When it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as <, 0 and %>. REXML gem may take long time.
Please update REXML gem to version 3.3.2 or later.
Affected versions
- REXML gem 3.3.2 or prior
Credits
Thanks to mprogrammer for discovering this issue.
History
- Originally published at 2024-07-16 03:00:00 (UTC)
Posted by watson1978 on 16 Jul 2024