CVE-2013-1821

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2013-1821
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2013-04-09T21:55:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-12-08T03:03:10
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:p385:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.9.3
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p0:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p125:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p194:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p286:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p383:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=914716
http://secunia.com/advisories/52902 Vendor Advisory
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/02/22/rexml-dos-2013-02-22/ Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1780-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/06/5
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00034.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00036.html
http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=39384
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0611.html
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=702525
http://secunia.com/advisories/52783 Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0612.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00015.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1147.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2809
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2738
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0092
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:124
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58141
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.426862
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1821
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1821
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:57:50 Added to TrackCVE