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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."

  • Published: Aug 27, 2008
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2008-3790
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
ruby-lang / ruby 1.8.7-preview3 1.8.7-preview3.x
ruby-lang / ruby 1.8.7-p17 1.8.7-p17.x
ruby-lang / ruby 1.8.6-p110 1.8.6-p110.x
ruby-lang / ruby 1.8.6-p230 1.8.6-p230.x
ruby-lang / ruby 1.8.7-p71 1.8.7-p71.x
ruby-lang / ruby 1.8.7-p22 1.8.7-p22.x
ruby-lang / ruby 1.8.6-p286 1.8.6-p286.x
ruby-lang / ruby 1.8.7-preview2 1.8.7-preview2.x
ruby-lang / ruby 1.8.6-p36 1.8.6-p36.x
ruby-lang / ruby 1.8.6-preview1 1.8.6-preview1.x
ruby-lang / ruby 1.8.6-p114 1.8.6-p114.x
ruby-lang / ruby 1.8.6-preview3 1.8.6-preview3.x
ruby-lang / ruby 1.8.7 1.8.7.x
ruby-lang / ruby 1.8.6-p111 1.8.6-p111.x
ruby-lang / ruby 1.9 1.9.x
ruby-lang / ruby 1.8.6-preview2 1.8.6-preview2.x
ruby-lang / ruby 1.8.7-preview1 1.8.7-preview1.x
ruby-lang / ruby 1.8.6 1.8.6.x
ruby-lang / ruby 1.8.7-p72 1.8.7-p72.x
ruby-lang / ruby 1.8.6-p287 1.8.6-p287.x
ruby-lang / ruby 1.8.7-preview4 1.8.7-preview4.x