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Found new CVE on Ruby web site #795

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gem: rexml
cve: 2024-39908
url: https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8
title: DoS in REXML
date: 2024-07-16
description: |
There is a DoS vulnerability in REXML gem. This vulnerability has
been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-39908. We strongly
recommend upgrading the REXML gem.

## Details

When it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as
<, 0 and %>. REXML gem may take long time.

Please update REXML gem to version 3.3.2 or later.

## Affected versions

REXML gem 3.3.2 or prior

## Credits

Thanks to mprogrammer for discovering this issue.

## History

Originally published at 2024-07-16 03:00:00 (UTC)
patched_versions:
- ">= 3.3.2"
related:
ghsa:
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh
url:
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/07/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-39908
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8
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