CVE-2008-3790

Published: 27 August 2008

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."

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References

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3790
• http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-651-1
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-691-1
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Bugs

• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby1.8/+bug/261459
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/+source/ruby1.9/+bug/257122
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby1.9/+bug/281456