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Medium
CVE-2013-1821
lib/rexml/text.rb in the REXML parser in Ruby before 1.9.3-p392 allows...
Vulnerability Description
lib/rexml/text.rb in the REXML parser in Ruby before 1.9.3-p392 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via crafted text nodes in an XML document, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0612.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:124
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00034.html
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.426862
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52783
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2738
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00036.html
- http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=39384
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=702525
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0092
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1780-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58141
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52902
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/06/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=914716
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/02/22/rexml-dos-2013-02-22/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00001.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2809
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0611.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1147.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00015.html
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.9, 1.9.1, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 2.0, 2.0.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 9th, 2013
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.