Bug 2298243 (CVE-2024-39908) - CVE-2024-39908 rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML
Summary: CVE-2024-39908 rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-39908
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2311467
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2024-07-16 18:32 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2024-09-18 19:08 UTC (History)
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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.
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:6784 0 None None None 2024-09-18 18:54:27 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:6785 0 None None None 2024-09-18 19:08:35 UTC

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
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