CVE-2008-3790
NoneCVSS
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EPSS
15.2%
Published
Aug 27, 2008
CISA due date
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The record
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."
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:4.0 | ruby1.8 | 0 | 1.8.5-4etch3 |
| Debian:4.0 | ruby1.9 | 0 | 1.9.0+20060609-1etch3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | irb | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | ruby | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | ruby-debuginfo | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | ruby-devel | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | ruby-docs | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | ruby-libs | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | ruby-mode | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | ruby-tcltk | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | irb | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | ruby | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | ruby-debuginfo | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | ruby-devel | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | ruby-docs | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | ruby-libs | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | ruby-mode | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | ruby-tcltk | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | irb | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | ruby | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | ruby-debuginfo | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | ruby-devel | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | ruby-docs | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | ruby-libs | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | ruby-mode | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | ruby-tcltk | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | irb | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | ruby | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | ruby-debuginfo | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | ruby-devel | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | ruby-docs | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | ruby-libs | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | ruby-mode | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | ruby-tcltk | 0 | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | ruby | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | ruby-debuginfo | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | ruby-devel | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | ruby-docs | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | ruby-irb | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | ruby-libs | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | ruby-mode | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | ruby-rdoc | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | ruby-ri | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | ruby-tcltk | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | ruby | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | ruby-debuginfo | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | ruby-devel | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | ruby-docs | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | ruby-irb | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | ruby-libs | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | ruby-mode | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | ruby-rdoc | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | ruby-ri | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | ruby-tcltk | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | ruby | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | ruby-debuginfo | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | ruby-devel | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | ruby-docs | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | ruby-irb | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | ruby-libs | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | ruby-mode | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | ruby-rdoc | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | ruby-ri | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | ruby-tcltk | 0 | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
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