Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting rubygem-rbs package, versions <0:2.7.0-144.module+el8.10.0+1903+95c5d658


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.05% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-RUBYGEMRBS-8531545
  • published19 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 Rocky-Linux:8 rubygem-rbs to version 0:2.7.0-144.module+el8.10.0+1903+95c5d658 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:10834.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-rbs package and not the rubygem-rbs 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 3.3.9 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

version 3.1