CVE-2014-8080

ruby: REXML billion laughs attack via parameter entity expansion

Published Nov 3, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 5.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3-p550, 2.0.x before 2.0.0-p594, and 2.1.x before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-88-1 ruby1.8 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-200-1 ruby1.9.1 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3157-1 ruby1.9.1 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3159-1 ruby1.8 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-7929 The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3-p550, 2.0.x before 2.0.0-p594, and 2.1.x before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2397-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
History
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{'score': 0.05909}

epss

{'score': 0.14731}

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{'score': 0.05866}

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{'score': 0.05909}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 1:10 PM
Reserved
Oct 9, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 3, 2014, 4:55 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:16 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 27, 2014, 12:00 AM