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[Security] Bump rexml from 3.2.5 to 3.3.1

HIFIS Bot requested to merge dependabot-bundler-rexml-3.3.1 into master

Bumps rexml from 3.2.5 to 3.3.1. This update includes a security fix.

Vulnerabilities fixed

REXML contains a denial of service vulnerability

Impact

The REXML gem before 3.2.6 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many <s in an attribute value.

If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you many be impacted to this vulnerability.

Patches

The REXML gem 3.2.7 or later include the patch to fix this vulnerability.

Workarounds

Don't parse untrusted XMLs.

References

Patched versions: 3.2.7 Affected versions: < 3.2.7

Release notes

Sourced from rexml's releases.

REXML 3.3.1 - 2024-06-25

Improvements

  • Added support for detecting malformed top-level comments.

    • GH-145
    • Patch by Hiroya Fujinami.
  • Improved REXML::Element#attribute performance.

    • GH-146
    • Patch by Hiroya Fujinami.
  • Added support for detecting malformed <!--> comments.

    • GH-147
    • Patch by Hiroya Fujinami.
  • Added support for detecting unclosed DOCTYPE.

    • GH-152
    • Patch by Hiroya Fujinami.
  • Added changlog_uri metadata to gemspec.

  • Improved parse performance.

Fixes

  • Fixed a bug that large XML can't be parsed.

  • Fixed a bug that private constants are visible.

Thanks

  • Hiroya Fujinami

  • NAITOH Jun

  • fynsta

REXML 3.3.0 - 2024-06-11

Improvements

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Changelog

Sourced from rexml's changelog.

3.3.1 - 2024-06-25 {#version-3-3-1}

Improvements

  • Added support for detecting malformed top-level comments.

    • GH-145
    • Patch by Hiroya Fujinami.
  • Improved REXML::Element#attribute performance.

    • GH-146
    • Patch by Hiroya Fujinami.
  • Added support for detecting malformed <!--> comments.

    • GH-147
    • Patch by Hiroya Fujinami.
  • Added support for detecting unclosed DOCTYPE.

    • GH-152
    • Patch by Hiroya Fujinami.
  • Added changlog_uri metadata to gemspec.

  • Improved parse performance.

Fixes

  • Fixed a bug that large XML can't be parsed.

  • Fixed a bug that private constants are visible.

Thanks

  • Hiroya Fujinami

  • NAITOH Jun

  • fynsta

3.3.0 - 2024-06-11 {#version-3-3-0}

Improvements

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