cvelist/2024/49xxx/CVE-2024-49761.json

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            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "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."
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                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity",
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        ]
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    "affects": {
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                            {
                                "product_name": "rexml",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
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                                            "version_affected": "=",
                                            "version_value": "< 3.3.9"
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    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "url": "https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6m",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6m"
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            {
                "url": "https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/ce59f2eb1aeb371fe1643414f06618dbe031979f",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/ce59f2eb1aeb371fe1643414f06618dbe031979f"
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            {
                "url": "https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/10/28/redos-rexml-cve-2024-49761",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/10/28/redos-rexml-cve-2024-49761"
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        "advisory": "GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6m",
        "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
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