CVE-2024-35176
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2024-05-16T15:13:25.100Z
State: PUBLISHED
title: REXML contains a denial of service vulnerability
problemTypes: descriptions: cweId: CWE-400
description: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
type: CWE
descriptions: cweId: CWE-770
description: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
type: CWE
metrics: cvssV3_1: attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: NETWORK
availabilityImpact: LOW
baseScore: 5.3
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: NONE
privilegesRequired: NONE
scope: UNCHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
version: 3.1
affected: vendor: ruby
product: rexml
versions: version: < 3.2.7
status: affected
descriptions: value:  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 to parse untrusted XMLs may be impacted to this vulnerability. The REXML gem 3.2.7 or later include the patch to fix this vulnerability. As a workaround, don't parse untrusted XMLs.
source: advisory: GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh
discovery: UNKNOWN