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."

🔗 References (70)

• cve@mitrehttp://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_thread/thread/19f69e8a081fc0d1/e138e014b74352ca
• cve@mitrehttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/31602
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/32165
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/32219
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/32255
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/32256
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/32371
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/33178
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/33185
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/35074
• cve@mitrehttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xml
• cve@mitrehttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
• cve@mitrehttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-424.htm
• cve@mitrehttp://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/9/3/rails-2-0-4-maintenance-release