Bug 2302792 - CVE-2024-41123 whatweb: DoS when parsing an XML having many specific characters such as whitespace character, >] and ]> [epel-8]
Summary: CVE-2024-41123 whatweb: DoS when parsing an XML having many specific characte...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: whatweb
Version: epel8
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Michal Ambroz
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Blocks: CVE-2024-41123
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Reported: 2024-08-05 07:20 UTC by Michal Findra
Modified: 2024-08-05 08:06 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2024-08-05 08:06:12 UTC
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Description Michal Findra 2024-08-05 07:20:33 UTC
More information about this security flaw is available in the following bug:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2302268

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Comment 1 Vít Ondruch 2024-08-05 08:06:12 UTC
This issue affect 'rubygem-rexml' subpackage, provided by 'ruby' package. That is where the fix should be applied.


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