Bug 2302272 (CVE-2024-41946)

Summary:	CVE-2024-41946 rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	anthomas, bbuckingham, caswilli, eglynn, ehelms, ggainey, jjoyce, jschluet, juwatts, jvasik, kaycoth, lhh, lsvaty, mburns, mgarciac, mhulan, nmoumoul, osousa, pcreech, pgrist, rblanco, rchan, rhos-maint, saniyer, slinaber, smallamp, tvignaud, vmugicag
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OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the REXML package. Reading an XML file that contains many entity expansions may lead to a denial of service due to resource starvation. An attacker can use this flaw to trick a user into processing an untrusted XML file.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2302283, 2302284, 2302285, 2302286, 2302287, 2302288, 2302289, 2302290, 2302291, 2302292, 2302293, 2302294, 2302295, 2302296, 2302297, 2302298, 2302299, 2302300, 2302301, 2302302, 2302303, 2302304, 2302305, 2302306, 2302307, 2302308, 2302309, 2302310, 2302311, 2302312, 2302313, 2302314, 2302315, 2302316, 2302317, 2302318, 2302319, 2302320, 2302321, 2302322, 2302323, 2302324, 2302325, 2302326, 2302327, 2302328, 2302329, 2302330, 2302331, 2302332, 2302333, 2302334, 2302335, 2302336, 2302337, 2302338, 2302339, 2302340
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-08-01 15:31:08 UTC

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.

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2024-09-16 01:28:38 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2024:6670 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6670

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2024-09-16 18:05:18 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service

Via RHSA-2024:6702 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6702

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2024-09-16 18:06:14 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:6703 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6703

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2024-09-18 18:54:25 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 5 errata-xmlrpc 2024-09-18 19:08:35 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 9 errata-xmlrpc 2025-04-22 02:18:13 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 10 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