CVE-2024-39908

Name
CVE-2024-39908
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.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
CONFIRM https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8
MISC https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/07/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-39908
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0008/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
rexml >= 0 < 3.3.2

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
ruby-rexml edge-main 3.3.9-r0 Jakub Jirutka <jakub@jirutka.cz> fixed
ruby-rexml 3.22-main 3.3.9-r0 None fixed
ruby-rexml 3.21-main 3.3.9-r0 Jakub Jirutka <jakub@jirutka.cz> fixed
ruby-rexml 3.20-main 3.3.9-r0 Jakub Jirutka <jakub@jirutka.cz> fixed
ruby-rexml 3.19-main 3.3.9-r0 None fixed