CVE-2015-3227

rubygem-activesupport: Possible Denial of Service attack in Active Support in merge_element()

Published Jul 26, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 4.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
The (1) jdom.rb and (2) rexml.rb components in Active Support in Ruby on Rails before 4.1.11 and 4.2.x before 4.2.2, when JDOM or REXML is enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SystemStackError) via a large XML document depth.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-603-1 ruby-activesupport-3.2 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3464-1 rails security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0259 activesupport vulnerable to Denial of Service via large XML document depth
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-j96r-xvjq-r9pg activesupport vulnerable to Denial of Service via large XML document depth
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 5:39 AM
Reserved
Apr 10, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 26, 2015, 10:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:25 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 16, 2015, 12:00 AM