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CVE-2014-8080

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Description

The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3-p550, 2.0.x before 2.0.0-p594, and 2.1.x before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0443.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00035.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00000.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00004.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1911.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/61607

http://secunia.com/advisories/62050

http://secunia.com/advisories/62748

https://support.apple.com/HT205267

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3159

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:129

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2397-1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-11-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

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