CVE-2024-39908 Affecting ruby3.3 package, versions <3.3.5-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-RUBY33-7536650
  • published18 Jul 2024
  • disclosed16 Jul 2024

Introduced: 16 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-39908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable ruby3.3 to version 3.3.5-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby3.3 package and not the ruby3.3 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable 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

version 3.1