CVE-2014-8090
Ruby REXML XML Entity Expansion (XEE) Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description
The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3 patchlevel 551, 2.0.x before 2.0.0 patchlevel 598, and 2.1.x before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) a crafted XML document containing an empty string in an entity that is used in a large number of nested entity references, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1821 and CVE-2014-8080.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 21, 2014, 3:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Jan. 3, 2017, 2:59 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 03, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62050 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71230 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 12, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 10, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT205267 Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 23, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:129 Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0472.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 18, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00004.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00000.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 12, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 06, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3159 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 11, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62748 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 12, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00035.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 03, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1911.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/59948 Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.html -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 24, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Evaluator Description <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html" target="_blank">CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')</a> Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p0:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p195:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p247:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p451:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p481:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p576:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p594:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p550:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p547:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p545:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p448:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p429:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p426:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p392:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p385:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p383:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p286:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p194:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p125:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p0:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Changed Reference Type https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/11/13/rexml-dos-cve-2014-8090/ No Types Assigned https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/11/13/rexml-dos-cve-2014-8090/ Advisory, Exploit Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2412-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2412-1 Advisory, Patch Added CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-8090
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Exploit Prediction
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13.02 }} -1.44%
score
0.95559
percentile