CVE-2024-41123
REXML DoS vulnerability
Severity Score
5.3
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
-
*KEV
Decision
Attend
*SSVC
Descriptions
REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.2 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as whitespace character, `>]` and `]>`. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities.
A vulnerability was found in REXML, an XML toolkit used for Ruby. When parsing an untrusted XML with many specific characters, the REXML gem may take a long time, leading to a denial of service condition. Some of these special characters include the whitespace character, '>]', and ']>'.
*Credits:
N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:Attend
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2024-07-15 CVE Reserved
- 2024-08-01 CVE Published
- 2024-08-01 CVE Updated
- 2024-09-06 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CAPEC
References (6)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8 | X_refsource_misc | |
| https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-r55c-59qm-vjw6 | X_refsource_confirm | |
| https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh | X_refsource_misc | |
| https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41123 | X_refsource_misc |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41123 | 2024-09-18 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2302268 | 2024-09-18 |