| 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) |
| Debian Bugs | 1083190, 1083191 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ruby2.1 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.1.5-2+deb8u14 | vulnerable |
| ruby2.3 (PTS) | stretch (security) | 2.3.3-1+deb9u11 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.3.3-1+deb9u12 | vulnerable |
| ruby2.5 (PTS) | buster, buster (lts) | 2.5.5-3+deb10u7 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 2.5.5-3+deb10u6 | vulnerable |
| ruby2.7 (PTS) | bullseye | 2.7.4-1+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 2.7.4-1+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| ruby3.1 (PTS) | bookworm (security), bookworm | 3.1.2-7+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 3.1.2-8.4 | vulnerable |
| ruby3.2 (PTS) | sid | 3.2.3-1 | vulnerable |
| ruby3.3 (PTS) | sid, trixie | 3.3.5-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[bookworm] - ruby3.1 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - ruby2.7 <postponed> (Minor issue, DoS)
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/
[jessie] - ruby2.1 <postponed> (Minor issue, DoS)
[stretch] - ruby2.3 <postponed> (Minor issue, DoS)
[buster] - ruby2.5 <postponed> (Minor issue, DoS)