CVE-2014-8090

ruby: REXML incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8080

Published Nov 21, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 5.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3 patchlevel 551, 2.0.x before 2.0.0 patchlevel 598, and 2.1.x before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) a crafted XML document containing an empty string in an entity that is used in a large number of nested entity references, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1821 and CVE-2014-8080.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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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-2014-7937 The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3 patchlevel 551, 2.0.x before 2.0.0 patchlevel 598, and 2.1.x before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) a crafted XML document containing an empty string in an entity that is used in a large number of nested entity references, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1821 and CVE-2014-8080.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2412-1 Ruby vulnerability
History
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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 1:10 PM
Reserved
Oct 10, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 21, 2014, 3:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:16 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Nov 13, 2014, 12:00 AM