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CVE-2013-1821

lib/rexml/text.rb in the REXML parser in Ruby before 1.9.3-p392 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via crafted text nodes in an XML document, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

Published

2013-04-09T21:55:01.113

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-20
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application ruby-lang ruby ≤ 1.9.3 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 1.9 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 1.9.1 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 1.9.2 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 1.9.3 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 1.9.3 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 1.9.3 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 1.9.3 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 1.9.3 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 1.9.3 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.0 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0 Yes
Application ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0 Yes
References