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CVE-2024-39908

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Published: Jul 16, 2024Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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4.3
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 1.4
Source: security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)

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.

Affected (2)

Ruby Lang
1 product
Rexml
Netapp
1 product
Bootstrap Os
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Rexml
Before 3.3.2
Configuration B
1 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Bootstrap Os
All versions
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Netapp
Hci Compute Node
All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References (6)

Source: security-advisories@github.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

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