CVE-2013-1856

Published Mar 19, 2013

Last updated 5 years ago

Overview

Description
The ActiveSupport::XmlMini_JDOM backend in lib/active_support/xml_mini/jdom.rb in the Active Support component in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12 and 3.2.x before 3.2.13, when JRuby is used, does not properly restrict the capabilities of the XML parser, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via vectors involving (1) an external DTD or (2) an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.8
Impact score
4.9
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-20

Configurations