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 NVD

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, 97th percentile

Published

2008-08-27

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

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

Security advisories

• http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml
• http://www.ruby-lang.org/security/20080823rexml/rexml-expansion-fix.rb
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30802
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/651-1
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/691-1

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry