Resource Exhaustion Affecting rubygems package, versions <0:3.5.16-3.module+el9.4.0+90406+79f381be


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-RUBYGEMS-8061934
  • published20 Sept 2024
  • disclosed1 Aug 2024

Introduced: 1 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-41946  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 rubygems to version 0:3.5.16-3.module+el9.4.0+90406+79f381be or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-6785.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygems package and not the rubygems package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.2 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many entity expansions with SAX2 or pull parser API. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.

CVSS Scores

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