Improper Input Validation Affecting rexml package, versions <3.2.5
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.11% (44th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-REXML-1244518
- published 9 Apr 2021
- disclosed 5 Apr 2021
- credit Juho Nurminen
Introduced: 5 Apr 2021
CVE-2021-28965 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade rexml to version 3.2.5 or higher.
Overview
rexml is an An XML toolkit for Ruby.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. When parsing and serializing a crafted XML document, REXML gem (including the one bundled with Ruby) can create a wrong XML document whose structure is different from the original one. The impact of this issue highly depends on context, but it may lead to a vulnerability in some programs that are using REXML.
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