Description

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.2 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many entity expansions with SAX2 or pull parser API. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.

INFO

Published Date :

2024-08-01T14:22:14.014Z

Last Modified :

2025-11-03T20:38:34.071Z

Source :

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AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-41946 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Redhat
  • Enterprise Linux
  • Rhel E4s
  • Rhel Eus
  • Rhel Tus
Ruby-lang
  • Rexml
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2024-41946.

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https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/033d1909a8f259d5a7c53681bcaf14f13bcf0368 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-5866-49gr-22v4 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41946 cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0007/ cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41946 cve-icon
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41946 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
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