Vulnerability · Published May 16, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2024-35176REXML contains a denial of service vulnerability
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in rexml from ruby. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.1% (higher than 81% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.1%top 18.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | pcs | 0.10.18-2.el8_10.1 | ALSA-2024:5338 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | pcs-snmp | 0.10.18-2.el8_10.1 | ALSA-2024:5338 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | ruby | 2.5.9-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | ruby-devel | 2.5.9-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | ruby-doc | 2.5.9-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | ruby-irb | 2.5.9-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | ruby-libs | 2.5.9-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-abrt | 0.3.0-4.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-abrt-doc | 0.3.0-4.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-bigdecimal | 1.3.4-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-bson | 4.3.0-2.module_el8.5.0+259+8cec6917 | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-bson | 4.3.0-2.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-bson | 4.3.0-2.module_el8.6.0+3170+4b08f9d4 | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-bson-doc | 4.3.0-2.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-bundler | 1.16.1-4.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-bundler-doc | 1.16.1-4.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-did_you_mean | 1.2.0-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-io-console | 0.4.6-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-json | 2.1.0-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-minitest | 5.10.3-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-mongo | 2.5.1-2.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-mongo-doc | 2.5.1-2.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-mysql2 | 0.4.10-4.module_el8.5.0+259+8cec6917 | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-mysql2 | 0.4.10-4.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-mysql2 | 0.4.10-4.module_el8.6.0+3170+4b08f9d4 | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-mysql2-doc | 0.4.10-4.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-net-telnet | 0.1.1-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-openssl | 2.1.2-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-pg | 1.0.0-3.module_el8.9.0+3635+c6f99506 | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-pg-doc | 1.0.0-3.module_el8.9.0+3635+c6f99506 | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-power_assert | 1.1.1-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-psych | 3.0.2-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-rake | 12.3.3-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-rdoc | 6.0.1.1-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-test-unit | 3.2.7-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygem-xmlrpc | 0.3.0-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygems | 2.7.6.3-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | rubygems-devel | 2.7.6.3-112.module_el8.10.0+3871+342e2c2f | ALSA-2024:4499 |
| Debian:12 | ruby3.1 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35176 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | pcs | 0:0.10.18-2.el8_10.1 | RLSA-2024:5338 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | ruby | 0:2.5.9-112.module+el8.10.0+1839+f1f156ae | RLSA-2024:4499 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | rubygem-abrt | 0:0.3.0-4.module+el8.5.0+738+032c9c02 | RLSA-2024:4499 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | rubygem-bson | 0:4.3.0-2.module+el8.9.0+1536+5f79634e | RLSA-2024:4499 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | rubygem-bundler | 0:1.16.1-4.module+el8.9.0+1536+5f79634e | RLSA-2024:4499 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | rubygem-mongo | 0:2.5.1-2.module+el8.9.0+1536+5f79634e | RLSA-2024:4499 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | rubygem-mysql2 | 0:0.4.10-4.module+el8.9.0+1536+5f79634e | RLSA-2024:4499 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | rubygem-pg | 0:1.0.0-3.module+el8.9.0+1536+5f79634e | RLSA-2024:4499 |
| RubyGems | rexml | 3.2.7 | GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | jruby | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35176 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | jruby | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35176 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | jruby | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35176 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | jruby | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35176 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ruby3.0 | 3.0.2-7ubuntu2.11 | USN-7734-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ruby3.0 | 3.0.2-7ubuntu2.10 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35176 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ruby3.0 | 3.0.2-7ubuntu2.10 | USN-7418-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ruby3.0 | 3.0.2-7ubuntu2.8 | USN-7091-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ruby3.2 | 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.24.04.5 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35176 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ruby3.2 | 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.24.04.3 | USN-7091-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ruby3.2 | 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.24.04.5 | USN-7418-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ruby3.2 | 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.24.04.6 | USN-7734-1 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-400, CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176 x_refsource_MISC
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250306-0001/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html