CVE-2024-35176 Affecting ruby:2.5/rubygems-devel package, versions <0:2.7.6.3-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-RUBY-7541200
  • published18 Jul 2024
  • disclosed13 Aug 2024

Introduced: 18 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-35176  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 ruby:2.5/rubygems-devel to version 0:2.7.6.3-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:4499.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby:2.5/rubygems-devel package and not the ruby:2.5/rubygems-devel package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.2.6 has a denial of service vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many &lt;s in an attribute value. Those who need to parse untrusted XMLs may be impacted to this vulnerability. The REXML gem 3.2.7 or later include the patch to fix this vulnerability. As a workaround, don't parse untrusted XMLs.

CVSS Scores

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