CVE-2013-1821
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2013-1821 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2013-04-09 21:55:01 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| 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 XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | p0 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | p125 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | p194 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | p286 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | p383 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 2.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 2.0.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 2.0.0 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | All | p385 | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| Security Advisory SA52902 - SUSE update for ruby - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Ruby REXML Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:0609-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| [ruby] Revision 39384 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | svn.ruby-lang.org | |
| Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0092 - Mageia wiki | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | wiki.mageia.org | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:124 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2738-1 ruby1.9.1 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| oss-security - CVE for Ruby Entity expansion DoS vulnerability in REXML (XML bomb) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | |
| Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - July 2015 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | |
| Bug 914716 – CVE-2013-1821 ruby: entity expansion DoS vulnerability in REXML | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| USN-1780-1: Ruby vulnerability | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:0647-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| #702525 - ruby1.9.1: CVE-2013-1821: entity expansion DoS vulnerability in REXML - Debian Bug report logs | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.debian.org | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2809-1 ruby1.8 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Entity expansion DoS vulnerability in REXML (XML bomb, CVE-2013-1821) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ruby-lang.org | Vendor Advisory |
| The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.slackware.com | |
| openSUSE-SU-2013:0614-1: ruby: update to fix XML security problems | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Security Advisory SA52783 - Ubuntu update for ruby - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| openSUSE-SU-2013:0603-1: moderate: ruby: update to fix XML and JSON secu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
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