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SCA: security update for rexml (GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 410489

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 3.3.1 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)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 410489

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-39908

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/16/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/16/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-39908

cwe: CWE-400