CVE-2024-39908

Description

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.1 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as `<`, `0` and `%>`. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you many be impacted to these vulnerabilities. The REXML gem 3.3.2 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid parsing untrusted XML strings.

How to fix CVE-2024-39908

To remediate CVE-2024-39908, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 3.3.9-r0 or later
• —upgrade to 2.7.4-1+deb11u3 or later
• —no fix listed
• —upgrade to 3.3.5-1 or later
• —upgrade to 3.3.2 or later

Is CVE-2024-39908 being exploited?

Moderate — EPSS is 7.6%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.

Affected packages (5)

• from 0, < 3.3.9-r0
• from 0, < 2.7.4-1+deb11u3
• from 0
• from 0, < 3.3.5-1
• from 0, < 3.3.2

CVSS scores

References (10)

• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39908
• ADVISORYsecurity.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-39908
• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-39908
• PATCHgithub.com/ruby/rexml
• WEB