Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-51908.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-51908
Upstream
Published
2024-10-28T15:15:05Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:17:46.817103Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
CVE-2024-49761 affecting package rubygem-rexml for versions less than 3.3.9-1
Details

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.9 has a ReDoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many digits between &# and x...; in a hex numeric character reference (&#x...;). This does not happen with Ruby 3.2 or later. Ruby 3.1 is the only affected maintained Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.9 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.

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
3.3.9-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-51908.json"