Improper Input Validation Affecting ruby package, versions <0:1.8.7.352-10.el6_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
10.43% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-RUBY-1453903
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Feb 2013

Introduced: 22 Feb 2013

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 ruby to version 0:1.8.7.352-10.el6_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2013:0612.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby package and not the ruby package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 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

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