rexml 3.3.7
1 security vulnerability
found in version
3.3.7
REXML ReDoS vulnerability
high severity CVE-2024-49761
high severity
CVE-2024-49761
Patched versions:
>= 3.3.9
Impact
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. Note that Ruby 3.1 will reach EOL on 2025-03.
Patches
The REXML gem 3.3.9 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.
Workarounds
Use Ruby 3.2 or later instead of Ruby 3.1.
References
No officially reported memory leakage issues detected.
This gem version does not have any officially reported memory leaked issues.
No license issues detected.
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This gem version is available.
This gem version has not been yanked and is still available for usage.