Improper Input Validation Affecting rubygems19-devel package, versions <0:1.8.23-29.38.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
10.43% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-RUBYGEMS19DEVEL-1668590
  • 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 rubygems19-devel to version 0:1.8.23-29.38.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2013-195.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygems19-devel package and not the rubygems19-devel 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 Scores

version 3.1