CVE-2024-39908 Affecting ruby-rexml package, versions <3.3.9-r0
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE320-RUBYREXML-8366550
- published 12 Nov 2024
- disclosed 16 Jul 2024
Introduced: 16 Jul 2024
CVE-2024-39908 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.20 ruby-rexml to version 3.3.9-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby-rexml package and not the ruby-rexml package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.