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CVE-2024-39908

MEDIUM

4.3

Description

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.1 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as `<`, `0` and `%>`. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you many be impacted to these vulnerabilities. The REXML gem 3.3.2 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid parsing untrusted XML strings.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score4.3

SeverityMEDIUM

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published7/16/2024

Last Modified11/3/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

netapp:bootstrap_osnetapp:hci_compute_noderuby-lang:rexml

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400

References

https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8(security-advisories@github.com)

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/07/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-39908(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0008/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/07/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-39908(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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