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.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3874-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-43398: Fixed DoS when parsing a XML that has many deep elements with the same local name     attributes (bsc#1229673)
    - CVE-2024-41123: Fixed DoS when parsing an XML that contains many specific characters such as     whitespaces, >] and ]> (bsc#1228794)
    - CVE-2024-41946: Fixed DoS when parsing an XML that has many entity expansions with SAX2 or pull parser     API (bsc#1228799)
    - CVE-2024-35176: Fixed DoS when parsing an XML that has many left angled brackets in an attribute value     (bsc#1224390)
    - CVE-2024-39908: Fixed ReDos when parsing an XML that has many specific characters (bsc#1228072)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:6784 advisory.

    * rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML (CVE-2024-39908)

    * 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Rocky Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:6785 advisory.

    * rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML (CVE-2024-39908)

    * 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Rocky Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:6784 advisory.

    * rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML (CVE-2024-39908)
    * 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:6785 advisory.

    * rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML (CVE-2024-39908)
    * 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-2fb325d068 advisory.

    Upgrade to Ruby 3.2.5.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-6785 advisory.

    - Fix DoS vulnerability in rexml.
      (CVE-2024-39908)       (CVE-2024-41946)       (CVE-2024-43398)       Resolves: RHEL-57573       Resolves: RHEL-57570       Resolves: RHEL-57578
    - Fix REXML DoS when parsing an XML having many specific characters such as       whitespace character, >] and ]>.
      (CVE-2024-41123)       Resolves: RHEL-57567
    - Fix buffer overread vulnerability in StringIO.
      (CVE-2024-27280)       Resolves: RHEL-37699
    - Fix RCE vulnerability with .rdoc_options in RDoc.
      (CVE-2024-27281)       Resolves: RHEL-37696
    - Fix Arbitrary memory address read vulnerability with Regex search.
      (CVE-2024-27282)       Resolves: RHEL-37698

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-6784 advisory.

    - Fix DoS vulnerability in rexml.
      (CVE-2024-39908)       (CVE-2024-41946)       (CVE-2024-43398)       Resolves: RHEL-57049       Resolves: RHEL-57054       Resolves: RHEL-57069
    - Fix REXML DoS when parsing an XML having many specific characters such as       whitespace character, >] and ]>.
      (CVE-2024-41123)       Resolves: RHEL-52783

    rubygem-abrt

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-146ef211bc advisory.

    Upgrade to Ruby 3.3.5.


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
210110	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : ruby2.5 (SUSE-SU-2024:3874-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
207950	Rocky Linux 8 : ruby:3.3 (RLSA-2024:6784)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	high
207924	Rocky Linux 9 : ruby:3.3 (RLSA-2024:6785)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	high
207533	AlmaLinux 8 : ruby:3.3 (ALSA-2024:6784)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
207529	AlmaLinux 9 : ruby:3.3 (ALSA-2024:6785)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
207481	Fedora 39 : ruby (2024-2fb325d068)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
207471	Oracle Linux 9 : ruby:3.3 (ELSA-2024-6785)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
207470	Oracle Linux 8 : ruby:3.3 (ELSA-2024-6784)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
207427	Fedora 40 : ruby (2024-146ef211bc)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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