CVE-2008-3790 (GCVE-0-2008-3790)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-08-27 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:52
VLAI?
Summary
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."
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32165"
},
{
"name": "GLSA-200812-17",
"refsource": "GENTOO",
"url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xml"
},
{
"name": "33178",
"refsource": "SECUNIA",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/33178"
},
{
"name": "FEDORA-2008-8738",
"refsource": "FEDORA",
"url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00259.html"
},
{
"name": "32256",
"refsource": "SECUNIA",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32256"
},
{
"name": "31602",
"refsource": "SECUNIA",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31602"
},
{
"name": "ADV-2008-2483",
"refsource": "VUPEN",
"url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2483"
}
]
}
}
}
},
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"datePublished": "2008-08-27T20:00:00.000Z",
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}
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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