Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting rubygem-did_you_mean package, versions <0:1.2.0-113.0.1.module+el8.10.0+90463+6f2d71f2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-RUBYGEMDIDYOUMEAN-8493898
  • published11 Dec 2024
  • 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 Oracle:8 rubygem-did_you_mean to version 0:1.2.0-113.0.1.module+el8.10.0+90463+6f2d71f2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-10850.

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 Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle: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 Scores

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