CVE - CVE-2024-49761

CVE-ID
CVE-2024-49761	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.9 has a ReDoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many digits between &# and x...; in a hex numeric character reference (&#x...;). This does not happen with Ruby 3.2 or later. Ruby 3.1 is the only affected maintained Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.9 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.
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MISC:https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/ce59f2eb1aeb371fe1643414f06618dbe031979f URL:https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/ce59f2eb1aeb371fe1643414f06618dbe031979f MISC:https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6m URL:https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6m MISC:https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/10/28/redos-rexml-cve-2024-49761 URL:https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/10/28/redos-rexml-cve-2024-49761
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GitHub (maintainer security advisories)
Date Record Created
20241018	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20241018)
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