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CVE-2013-1856


The ActiveSupport::XmlMini_JDOM backend in lib/active_support/xml_mini/jdom.rb in the Active Support component in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12 and 3.2.x before 3.2.13, when JRuby is used, does not properly restrict the capabilities of the XML parser, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via vectors involving (1) an external DTD or (2) an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference.


Published

2013-03-19T22:55:01.070

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

8.6

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.2 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.2 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.2 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.3 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.4 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.4 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.5 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.5 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.6 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.7 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.8 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.9 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.10 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.2 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.2 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.3 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.3 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.3 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.4 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.4 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.5 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.6 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.7 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.8 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.9 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.10 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.11 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.12 Yes
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 3.1.11 Yes

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