CVE-2024-43398
CVSS V2 None
CVSS V3 None
Description
REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.6 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many deep elements that have same local name attributes. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs with tree parser API like REXML::Document.new, you may be impacted to this vulnerability. If you use other parser APIs such as stream parser API and SAX2 parser API, this vulnerability is not affected. The REXML gem 3.3.6 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2024-43398
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- Vulnerability Status
- PUBLISHED
- Published Version
- 2024-08-22T14:14:03.588Z
- Last Modified Date
- 2024-08-22T14:43:24.250Z
Weakness Enumerations
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vmwr-mc7x-5vc3 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/ruby/rexml/releases/tag/v3.3.6 | x_refsource_MISC |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43398 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-43398 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-23 13:08:16 | Added to TrackCVE |