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SCA: security update for rexml (GHSA-vmwr-mc7x-5vc3)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419431

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vmwr-mc7x-5vc3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 419431

Version: Revision 1.11

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-43398

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-43398

IAVB: 2024-B-0124-S

cwe: CWE-776