Resource Exhaustion Affecting ruby-doc package, versions <0:3.3.5-3.module+el8.10.0+22271+6a48b0b9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-RUBYDOC-7895623
  • published4 Sept 2024
  • disclosed16 Jul 2024

Introduced: 16 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-39908  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 ruby-doc to version 0:3.3.5-3.module+el8.10.0+22271+6a48b0b9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby-doc package and not the ruby-doc package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 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 &lt;, 0 and %&gt;. 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.

CVSS Scores

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