CVE-2024-49761

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-1333: CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical Impact: partial

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241227-0004/
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html

References

• https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6m
• https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/ce59f2eb1aeb371fe1643414f06618dbe031979f
• https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/10/28/redos-rexml-cve-2024-49761

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