BREW-asciidoctor-CVE-2024-49761 — REXML ReDoS vulnerability

Affected: Homebrew: asciidoctor

### Impact

The REXML gem before 3.3.9 has a ReDoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many digits between `&#` and `x...;` in a hex numeric character reference (`&#x...;`).

This does not happen with Ruby 3.2 or later. Ruby 3.1 is the only affected maintained Ruby. Note that Ruby 3.1 will reach EOL on 2025-03.

### Patches

The REXML gem 3.3.9 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.

### Workarounds

Use Ruby 3.2 or later instead of Ruby 3.1.

### References

* https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/10/28/redos-rexml-cve-2024-49761/: An announce on www.ruby-lang.org

CVE-2024-49761 — REXML ReDoS vulnerability

Affected: ruby rexml

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.9 has a ReDoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many digits between &# and x...; in a hex numeric character reference (&#x...;). This does not happen with Ruby 3.2 or later. Ruby 3.1 is the only affected maintained Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.9 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.

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