CVE-2014-8090
The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3 patchlevel 551, 2.0.x before 2.0.0 patchlevel 598, and 2.1.x before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption)
02 Description
The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3 patchlevel 551, 2.0.x before 2.0.0 patchlevel 598, and 2.1.x before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption)
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
- 5.70% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.8% 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 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2014-11-21 15:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-10-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-776Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 023a49db63fc7cc3979471dac1a0a020051c8f7182dcc2520545ac3a3f9b19e5
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:1589http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00035.html
- secunia.com59948http://secunia.com/advisories/59948
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:1912http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3159http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3159
- secunia.com62050http://secunia.com/advisories/62050
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:1913http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.html
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT205267
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:1911http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1911.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3157http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0472.html
- www.ruby-lang.orghttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/11/13/rexml-dos-cve-2014-8090/
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2412-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2412-1
- secunia.com62748http://secunia.com/advisories/62748
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:129http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:129
- www.securityfocus.com71230http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71230
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0007http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00004.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:1914http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0002http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00000.html
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- ruby1.9.1 Fixed in 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.2
- ruby2.0 Fixed in 2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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