Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-45439.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-45439
Upstream
Published
2024-07-16T18:15:08Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:15:49.366357Z
Summary
CVE-2024-39908 affecting package rubygem-rexml for versions less than 3.3.4-1
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / rubygem-rexml

Package

Name
rubygem-rexml
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/rubygem-rexml

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.3.4-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-45439.json"