{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49761","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-01T20:05:33.055831028Z","published":"2024-10-28T15:15:05.157Z","upstream":["CVE-2024-49761"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-49761"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ruby3.1","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/ruby3.1?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.1.2-7","3.1.2-7+deb12u1","3.1.2-7+hurd.1","3.1.2-8","3.1.2-8.1~exp1","3.1.2-8.3","3.1.2-8.4","3.1.2-8.5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49761.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ruby3.3","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/ruby3.3?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.3.6-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49761.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ruby3.3","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/ruby3.3?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.3.6-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49761.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}