Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

2024-10-28T14:10:23.212Z

Last Modified :

2025-11-03T20:41:10.439Z

Source :

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AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-49761 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Netapp
  • Ontap Tools
Redhat
  • Enterprise Linux
  • Rhel Aus
  • Rhel E4s
  • Rhel Eus
  • Rhel Tus
Ruby
  • Rexml
Ruby-lang
  • Rexml
  • Ruby
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2024-49761.

URL Resource
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/ce59f2eb1aeb371fe1643414f06618dbe031979f cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6m 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-2024-49761 cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241227-0004/ cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49761 cve-icon
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/10/28/redos-rexml-cve-2024-49761 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
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