Improper Input Validation Affecting ruby19-debuginfo package, versions <0:1.9.3.392-29.38.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.86% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-RUBY19DEBUGINFO-1668601
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed9 Apr 2013

Introduced: 9 Apr 2013

CVE-2013-1821  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 ruby19-debuginfo to version 0:1.9.3.392-29.38.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2013-195.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby19-debuginfo package and not the ruby19-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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