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CVE-2008-3790

Date: August 27, 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."

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (39)

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32255

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33185

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32371

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32219

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00259.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31602

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32256

Url: http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml/

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00299.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35074

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/4

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/25/4

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020735

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/1

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30802

Url: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html

Url: http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/9/3/rails-2-0-4-maintenance-release

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2483

Url: http://www.ruby-lang.org/security/20080823rexml/rexml-expansion-fix.rb

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33178

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3790

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10393

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32165

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/691-1/

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2428

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-3790

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44628

Url: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_thread/thread/19f69e8a081fc0d1/e138e014b74352ca

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/651-1/

Url: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-424.htm

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xml

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3790

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1652

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1651

Url: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-3790

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2008-3790

Date: August 27, 2008

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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