Summary Potential vulnerabilities in rexml package ( CVE-2024-43398 ) has been identified that may affect IBM Cloud Pak for Data. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2024-43398 DESCRIPTION: 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. CWE:CWE-776: Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion') CVSS Source: GitHub CVSS Base score: 5.9 CVSS Vector:(CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) Affected Products and Versions Affected Product(s)| Version(s) —|— IBM Cloud Pak for Data| 4.8.0-4.8.9, 5.0.0-5.0.3, 5.1.0-5.1.3 Remediation/Fixes IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now. Product(s)| Version(s) number and/or range| Remediation/Fix/Instructions —|—|— IBM Cloud Pak for Data| 4.8.0-4.8.9, 5.0.0-5.0.3, 5.1.0-5.1.3| Download 5.2 and follow instructions Workarounds and Mitigations…Read More
Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References due to rexml package ( CVE-2024-43398 )
