01 Record
CVE-2013-1821
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-04-09 21:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 15:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-02-19
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- dbbd9426f221d49988ccb9b783a86d920046be1d024d4cbe50bf52980a133dcf
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0612http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0612.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:124http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:124
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0603http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00034.html
- www.slackware.comSSA:2013-075-01http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.426862
- secunia.com52783http://secunia.com/advisories/52783
- www.debian.orgDSA-2738http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2738
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0614http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00036.html
- svn.ruby-lang.orghttp://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=39384
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=702525
- wiki.mageia.orghttps://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0092
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1780-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1780-1
- www.securityfocus.com58141http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58141
- secunia.com52902http://secunia.com/advisories/52902
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20130306 CVE for Ruby Entity expansion DoS vulnerability in REXML (XML bomb)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/06/5
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=914716
- www.ruby-lang.orghttp://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/02/22/rexml-dos-2013-02-22/
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2013:0609http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00001.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2809http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2809
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:1028http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0611http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0611.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:1147http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1147.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2013:0647http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00015.html