CVE-2024-35176 Affecting ruby3.2-rexml package, versions <3.2.8-r0
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- published 17 May 2024
- disclosed 16 May 2024
Introduced: 16 May 2024
CVE-2024-35176 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Wolfi ruby3.2-rexml to version 3.2.8-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby3.2-rexml package and not the ruby3.2-rexml package as distributed by Wolfi.
See How to fix? for Wolfi 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 <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.