CVE-2013-0175

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-0175
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-04-25 23:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionmulti_xml gem 0.5.2 for Ruby, as used in Grape before 0.2.6 and possibly other products, does not properly restrict casts of string values, which allows remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) involving nested XML entity references, by leveraging support for (1) YAML type conversion or (2) Symbol type conversion, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2013-0156.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Erik Michaels-ober Multi Xml 0.5.2 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Remove ability to parse symbols and yaml by nate · Pull Request #34 · sferik/multi_xml · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
MultiXml gem has same vulnerability as Rails' CVE-2013-0156 – patch now | Hacker News af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 news.ycombinator.com
Addresses a security vulnerability in multi_xml that is identical to the recent rails vulnerability. This is very, very serious and includes the possibility of remote code exploit and SQL injection. UPDATE TO 0.5.2 NOW! <strike-through>PATCH NOW!</strike-through> · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gist.github.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request for multi_xml ruby gem (has same problem as CVE-2013-0156) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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