CVE-2013-1821
Medium
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.
SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
Product
Ruby
PublishedApr 9, 2013
First seenApr 9, 2013
How to fix
Update
- org.jruby:jruby1.7.3 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| ruby-lang ruby | v ≤ 1.9.3, 1.9, 1.9.1, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 2.0, 2.0.0 | — |
| org.jruby:jrubyMaven | v < 1.7.3 | 1.7.3 |
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