| Name | CVE-2024-41123 |
| Description | REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.2 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as whitespace character, `>]` and `]>`. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-4018-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1083190, 1083191 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ruby2.7 (PTS) | bullseye | 2.7.4-1+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 2.7.4-1+deb11u3 | fixed |
| ruby3.1 (PTS) | bookworm, bookworm (security) | 3.1.2-7+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 3.1.2-8.5 | vulnerable |
| ruby3.2 (PTS) | sid | 3.2.3-1 | vulnerable |
| ruby3.3 (PTS) | sid, trixie | 3.3.6-1.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[bookworm] - ruby3.1 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-r55c-59qm-vjw6
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41123/
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/issues/232#issuecomment-2585211411
Fixed by commit [1/2] https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/6cac15d45864c8d70904baa5cbfcc97181000960 (v3.3.3)
Fixed by commit [2/2] https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/e2546e6ecade16b04c9ee528e5be8509fe16c2d6 (v3.3.3)