Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting rubygem-did_you_mean package, versions <0:1.2.0-113.module+el8.10.0+22581+23fc9c9e


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-RUBYGEMDIDYOUMEAN-8862418
  • published28 Feb 2025
  • disclosed28 Oct 2024

Introduced: 28 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-49761  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 rubygem-did_you_mean to version 0:1.2.0-113.module+el8.10.0+22581+23fc9c9e or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-did_you_mean package and not the rubygem-did_you_mean 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 3.3.9 has a ReDoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many digits between &# and x...; in a hex numeric character reference (&#x...;). This does not happen with Ruby 3.2 or later. Ruby 3.1 is the only affected maintained Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.9 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1