cvelist/2024/35xxx/CVE-2024-35176.json

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                "lang": "eng",
                "value": " 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."
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                        "value": "CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption",
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                "description": [
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                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling",
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                                "product_name": "rexml",
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        "reference_data": [
            {
                "url": "https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh"
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                "url": "https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb"
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                "url": "https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176",
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                "name": "https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176"
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                "baseScore": 5.3,
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                "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
                "integrityImpact": "NONE",
                "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
                "scope": "UNCHANGED",
                "userInteraction": "NONE",
                "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
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