CVE-2024-35176
ruby2.7 - security update
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 8.4%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2024-35176
To remediate CVE-2024-35176, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.7.4-1+deb11u3 or later
- —upgrade to 2.7.4-1+deb11u3 or later
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 3.2.7 or later
Is CVE-2024-35176 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 8.4%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 2.7.4-1+deb11u3
- from 0, < 2.7.4-1+deb11u3
- from 0
- from 0, < 3.2.7
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |