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.
Reference:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-39908
Upstream-patches:
f1df7d13b3d146162e9ab5bf109a59b8a5f4cd5c0af55fa49dc1b64c174e9f1415a261c33ea49810a79ac8b4b467efb5951e1f1e6e9b40910e5a2b48
(From OE-Core rev: 6e0b70843422cd7cdb25a9e1520dd64bf701fea6)
Signed-off-by: Divya Chellam <divya.chellam@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman <steve@sakoman.com>