CVE-2024-35176 Affecting rubygem-mysql2-doc package, versions <0:0.4.10-4.module+el8.9.0+1536+5f79634e


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.9% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-RUBYGEMMYSQL2DOC-7456338
  • published16 Jul 2024
  • disclosed16 May 2024

Introduced: 16 May 2024

CVE-2024-35176  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 rubygem-mysql2-doc to version 0:0.4.10-4.module+el8.9.0+1536+5f79634e or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:4499.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-mysql2-doc package and not the rubygem-mysql2-doc package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.2.6 has a denial of service vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many &lt;s in an attribute value. Those who need to parse untrusted XMLs may be impacted to this vulnerability. The REXML gem 3.2.7 or later include the patch to fix this vulnerability. As a workaround, don't parse untrusted XMLs.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1