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CVE-2014-8080

The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3-p550, 2.0.x before 2.0.0-p594, and 2.1.x before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory …

Impact

The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3-p550, 2.0.x before 2.0.0-p594, and 2.1.x before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
OpensuseOpensuse
Versions 12.3, 13.1
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
Ruby-LangRuby
through 1.9.3
Versions 1.9.3, 2.0.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3
RedhatEnterprise Linux
Versions 6.0, 7.0

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