Security update for rubygem-rexml SUSE Patch security@suse.de SUSE Security Team openSUSE-SU-2025:0129-1 Final 1 1 2025-04-17T04:01:39Z current 2025-04-17T04:01:39Z 2025-04-17T04:01:39Z cve-database/bin/generate-cvrf.pl 2017-02-24T01:00:00Z Security update for rubygem-rexml rubygem-rexml was updated to 3.3.9: - fixes CVE-2024-49761, CVE-2024-43398, CVE-2024-41946, CVE-2024-41123, CVE-2024-39908, CVE-2024-35176 - bsc#1232440, bsc#1229673, bsc#1228799, bsc#1228794, bsc#1228072, bsc#1224390 The CVRF data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0). openSUSE-2025-129 Copyright SUSE LLC under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0) https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/DGKHOJBF7CZTZV4MBBSARWRERGVICQZ5/ E-Mail link for openSUSE-SU-2025:0129-1 https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/ SUSE Security Ratings https://bugzilla.suse.com/1224390 SUSE Bug 1224390 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1228072 SUSE Bug 1228072 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1228794 SUSE Bug 1228794 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1228799 SUSE Bug 1228799 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1229673 SUSE Bug 1229673 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1232440 SUSE Bug 1232440 https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-35176/ SUSE CVE CVE-2024-35176 page https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-39908/ SUSE CVE CVE-2024-39908 page https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41123/ SUSE CVE CVE-2024-41123 page https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41946/ SUSE CVE CVE-2024-41946 page https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43398/ SUSE CVE CVE-2024-43398 page https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-49761/ SUSE CVE CVE-2024-49761 page SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6 openSUSE Leap 15.6 ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-doc-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 as a component of SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6 ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-doc-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 as a component of SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6 ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 as a component of openSUSE Leap 15.6 ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-doc-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 as a component of openSUSE Leap 15.6 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. CVE-2024-35176 SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-doc-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 openSUSE Leap 15.6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 openSUSE Leap 15.6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-doc-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 moderate To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/DGKHOJBF7CZTZV4MBBSARWRERGVICQZ5/ https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-35176.html CVE-2024-35176 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1224390 SUSE Bug 1224390 REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.1 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as `<`, `0` and `%>`. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you many be impacted to these vulnerabilities. The REXML gem 3.3.2 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid parsing untrusted XML strings. CVE-2024-39908 SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-doc-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 openSUSE Leap 15.6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 openSUSE Leap 15.6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-doc-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 moderate To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/DGKHOJBF7CZTZV4MBBSARWRERGVICQZ5/ https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-39908.html CVE-2024-39908 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1228072 SUSE Bug 1228072 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. CVE-2024-41123 SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-doc-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 openSUSE Leap 15.6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 openSUSE Leap 15.6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-doc-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 moderate To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/DGKHOJBF7CZTZV4MBBSARWRERGVICQZ5/ https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41123.html CVE-2024-41123 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1228794 SUSE Bug 1228794 REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.2 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many entity expansions with SAX2 or pull parser API. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability. CVE-2024-41946 SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-doc-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 openSUSE Leap 15.6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 openSUSE Leap 15.6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-doc-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 moderate To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/DGKHOJBF7CZTZV4MBBSARWRERGVICQZ5/ https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41946.html CVE-2024-41946 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1228799 SUSE Bug 1228799 REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.6 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many deep elements that have same local name attributes. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs with tree parser API like REXML::Document.new, you may be impacted to this vulnerability. If you use other parser APIs such as stream parser API and SAX2 parser API, this vulnerability is not affected. The REXML gem 3.3.6 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability. CVE-2024-43398 SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-doc-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 openSUSE Leap 15.6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 openSUSE Leap 15.6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-doc-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 moderate To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/DGKHOJBF7CZTZV4MBBSARWRERGVICQZ5/ https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43398.html CVE-2024-43398 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1229673 SUSE Bug 1229673 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. CVE-2024-49761 SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-doc-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 openSUSE Leap 15.6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 openSUSE Leap 15.6:ruby2.5-rubygem-rexml-doc-3.3.9-bp156.4.3.1 moderate To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/DGKHOJBF7CZTZV4MBBSARWRERGVICQZ5/ https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-49761.html CVE-2024-49761 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1232440 SUSE Bug 1232440