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.
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Advisories
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DLA-4018-1 | ruby2.7 security update |
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EUVD-2024-1802 | REXML contains a denial of service vulnerability |
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GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh | REXML contains a denial of service vulnerability |
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USN-7091-1 | Ruby vulnerabilities |
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USN-7091-2 | Ruby vulnerabilities |
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USN-7418-1 | Ruby vulnerabilities |
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USN-7734-1 | Ruby vulnerabilities |
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CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::highavailability |

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2025-03-07T00:10:44.285Z
Reserved: 2024-05-10T14:24:24.338Z
Link: CVE-2024-35176

Updated: 2025-03-07T00:10:44.285Z

Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-05-16T16:15:09.707
Modified: 2025-09-19T15:38:53.157
Link: CVE-2024-35176


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