Bug 2298243 (CVE-2024-39908)

Summary:	CVE-2024-39908 rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	akostadi, amasferr, anthomas, bbuckingham, caswilli, chazlett, crizzo, dmayorov, eglynn, ehelms, ggainey, jjoyce, jlledo, jschluet, juwatts, jvasik, kaycoth, lhh, lsvaty, mburns, mgarciac, mhulan, mjaros, mmakovy, nmoumoul, osousa, pcreech, pgrist, rblanco, rchan, rhos-maint, slinaber, smallamp, tjochec, tvignaud, vmugicag
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Doc Text:	An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability was found in REXML. When parsing an untrusted XML with many specific characters such as `<`, `0`, and `%>`, it can lead to a denial of service.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-07-16 18:32:39 UTC

 REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.1 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as `<`, `0` and `%>`. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you many be impacted to these vulnerabilities. The REXML gem 3.3.2 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid parsing untrusted XML strings.

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2024-09-18 18:54:24 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2024:6784 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6784

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2024-09-18 19:08:33 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:6785 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6785

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2025-04-22 02:17:55 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2025:4063 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4063

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2025-05-06 02:27:47 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2025:4488 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4488