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ALSA-2024:6670 — Moderate: pcs security update

Affected: AlmaLinux:8: pcs, AlmaLinux:8: pcs-snmp

The pcs packages provide a command-line configuration system for the Pacemaker and Corosync utilities.

Security Fix(es):

* rexml: rubygem-rexml: DoS when parsing an XML having many specific characters such as whitespace character, >] and ]> (CVE-2024-41123) * rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML (CVE-2024-41946) * rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML (CVE-2024-43398)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

bdu:2024-07430

BREW-asciidoctor-CVE-2024-43398 — REXML denial of service vulnerability

Affected: Homebrew: asciidoctor

### Impact

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.

### Patches

The REXML gem 3.3.6 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.

### Workarounds

Don't parse untrusted XMLs with tree parser API.

### References

* https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/22/dos-rexml-cve-2024-43398/ : An announce on www.ruby-lang.org

certfr-2024-avi-0923 — De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans les produits IBM. Certaines d'entre elles permettent à un attaquan…

certfr-2024-avi-0923

EUVD-2026-258151

fkie_cve-2024-43398

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.

GHSA-vmwr-mc7x-5vc3 — REXML denial of service vulnerability

Affected: RubyGems: rexml

### Impact

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.

### Patches

The REXML gem 3.3.6 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.

### Workarounds

Don't parse untrusted XMLs with tree parser API.

### References

* https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/22/dos-rexml-cve-2024-43398/ : An announce on www.ruby-lang.org

msrc_CVE-2024-43398 — REXML denial of service vulnerability

msrc_CVE-2024-43398

OESA-2024-2114 — ruby security update

Affected: openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP1: ruby, openEuler:24.03-LTS: ruby, openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP4: ruby, openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP3: ruby, openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP4: ruby

Ruby is a fast and easy interpreted scripting language for object-oriented programming. It has many functions for processing text Files and perform system management tasks (such as Perl).

Security Fix(es):

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)

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)

openSUSE-SU-2025:0129-1 — Security update for rubygem-rexml

Security update for rubygem-rexml

RHSA-2024:6702 — Red Hat Security Advisory: pcs security update

rexml: rubygem-rexml: DoS when parsing an XML having many specific characters such as whitespace character, >] and ]> rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43398

Affected: Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS: ruby2.3, Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS: ruby2.5, Ubuntu:20.04:LTS: ruby2.7, Ubuntu:22.04:LTS: ruby3.0, Ubuntu:24.04:LTS: ruby3.2

WID-SEC-W-2024-1896 — Ruby: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service

Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Ruby ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.