CVE-2013-1821

Publication date 7 March 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ruby1.8 13.10 saucy
Not affected
13.04 raring
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Fixed 1.8.7.358-4ubuntu0.2
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.8.7.352-2ubuntu1.2
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 1.8.7.352-2ubuntu0.3
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 1.8.7.249-2ubuntu0.3
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
ruby1.9.1 13.10 saucy
Fixed 1.9.3.194-8.1ubuntu1
13.04 raring
Fixed 1.9.3.194-8.1ubuntu1
12.10 quantal
Fixed 1.9.3.194-1ubuntu1.4
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.9.3.0-1ubuntu2.6
11.10 oneiric Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ruby1.9.1

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