CVE-2008-3790

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3790
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-08-27 20:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.6 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.6 p110 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.6 p111 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.6 p114 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.6 p230 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.6 p286 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.6 p287 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.6 p36 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.6 preview1 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.6 preview2 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.6 preview3 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p17 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p22 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p71 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 p72 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 preview1 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 preview2 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 preview3 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 preview4 All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Riding Rails: Rails 2.0.4: Maintenance release af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 weblog.rubyonrails.org
APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 Security Update 2009-002 / Mac OS X v10.5.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Fedora update for ruby - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
DoS vulnerability in REXML af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ruby-lang.org Exploit, Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE Request (ruby) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Ubuntu update for ruby1.9 - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for ruby - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
www.ruby-lang.org/security/20080823rexml/rexml-expansion-fix.rb af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ruby-lang.org Patch
About the security content of Security Update 2009-002 / Mac OS X v10.5.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1652-1 ruby1.9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
ASA-2008-424 (RHSA-2008-0897) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Ruby REXML Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request (ruby) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ruby: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: ruby-1.8.6.287-2.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian update for ruby1.9 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: ruby-1.8.6.287-2.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
USN-691-1: Ruby vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Webmail- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
DoS vulnerability in REXML - comp.lang.ruby | Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com
Webmail- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1651-1 ruby1.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Ruby REXML Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - CVE Request (ruby) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Ubuntu update for ruby1.8 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian update for ruby1.8 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ruby REXML Recursive Entity Expansion Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-133A -- Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
USN-651-1: Ruby vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
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