CVE-2008-3790

The REXML module in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p287, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p72, and 1.9 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an XML document with recursively nested entities, aka an "XML entity explosion."

CVSS v2.0

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

15.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile

Published

2008-08-27

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32292

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

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• CVE-2008-3788
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