CVE-2024-35176 (Medium) detected in rexml-3.2.8.gem

## CVE-2024-35176 - Medium Severity Vulnerability
Vulnerable Library - rexml-3.2.8.gem

An XML toolkit for Ruby

Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/rexml-3.2.8.gem

Path to dependency file: /Gemfile.lock

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gem/ruby/3.2.0/cache/rexml-3.2.8.gem

Dependency Hierarchy:
- ruby-dbus-0.23.1.gem (Root Library)
- :x: **rexml-3.2.8.gem** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.2.6 has a denial of service vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many "<"s in an attribute value. Those who need to parse untrusted XMLs may be impacted to this vulnerability. The REXML gem 3.2.7 or later include the patch to fix this vulnerability. As a workaround, don't parse untrusted XMLs.

Publish Date: 2024-05-16

URL: CVE-2024-35176

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:
- Exploitability Metrics:
- Attack Vector: Network
- Attack Complexity: Low
- Privileges Required: None
- User Interaction: None
- Scope: Unchanged
- Impact Metrics:
- Confidentiality Impact: None
- Integrity Impact: None
- Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh

Release Date: 2024-05-16

Fix Resolution: rexml - 3.2.7

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Start with Gemfile.lock and the ruby-dbus-0.23.1 dependency chain to locate the rexml-3.2.8 entry. Upgrade the resolved rexml version to at least 3.2.7, then verify that the lockfile no longer includes the vulnerable version and that the dependency remains resolved.

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