Add CVE-2024-41123: DoS vulnerabilities in REXML

Author: kou

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+layout: news_post
+title: "CVE-2024-41123: DoS vulnerabilities in REXML"
+author: "kou"
+translator:
+date: 2024-08-01 03:00:00 +0000
+tags: security
+lang: en
+---
+
+There are some DoS vulnerabilities in REXML gem. These vulnerabilities have been assigned the CVE identifier [CVE-2024-41123](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41123). We strongly recommend upgrading the REXML gem.
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+## Details
+
+When parsing an XML document that has many specific characters such as whitespace character, `>]` and `]>`, REXML gem may take long time.
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+Please update REXML gem to version 3.3.3 or later.
+
+## Affected versions
+
+* REXML gem 3.3.2 or prior
+
+## Credits
+
+Thanks to [mprogrammer](https://hackerone.com/mprogrammer) and [scyoon](https://hackerone.com/scyoon) for discovering these issues.
+
+## History
+
+* Originally published at 2024-08-01 03:00:00 (UTC)