CVE-2024-49761
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49761
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-49761.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-49761
- Aliases
- Related
- Published
- 2024-10-28T15:15:05Z
- Modified
- 2024-11-12T00:47:25.292584Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6m
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/10/28/redos-rexml-cve-2024-49761
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/ce59f2eb1aeb371fe1643414f06618dbe031979f
- https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-49761
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-49761
Affected packages
Alpine:v3.19 / ruby-rexml
Package
- Name
- ruby-rexml
- Purl
- pkg:apk/alpine/ruby-rexml?arch=source
Alpine:v3.20 / ruby-rexml
Package
- Name
- ruby-rexml
- Purl
- pkg:apk/alpine/ruby-rexml?arch=source
Debian:12 / ruby3.1
Package
- Name
- ruby3.1
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/ruby3.1?arch=source
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
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Introduced0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Debian:13 / ruby3.1
Package
- Name
- ruby3.1
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/ruby3.1?arch=source
Debian:13 / ruby3.3
Package
- Name
- ruby3.3
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/ruby3.3?arch=source
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected