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CVE Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2008-3790

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Assigner-mitre

Assigner Org ID-8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca

Published At-27 Aug, 2008 | 20:00

Updated At-07 Aug, 2024 | 09:52

▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

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 Products

Vendor

n/a

Product

n/a

Versions

Affected

Problem Types

Type	CWE ID	Description
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Type: text

CWE ID: N/A

Description: n/a

References

Hyperlink	Resource
https://usn.ubuntu.com/651-1/	vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/33185	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10393	vdb-entry signature x_refsource_OVAL
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ruby-lang.org/security/20080823rexml/rexml-expansion-fix.rb	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020735	vdb-entry x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1652	vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00299.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2428	vdb-entry x_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44628	vdb-entry x_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/4	mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/9/3/rails-2-0-4-maintenance-release	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-424.htm	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1651	vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_APPLE
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml/	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_thread/thread/19f69e8a081fc0d1/e138e014b74352ca	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/25/4	mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/32219	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html	third-party-advisory x_refsource_CERT
http://secunia.com/advisories/32255	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297	vdb-entry x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30802	vdb-entry x_refsource_BID
https://usn.ubuntu.com/691-1/	vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/1	mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/32371	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32165	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xml	vendor-advisory x_refsource_GENTOO
http://secunia.com/advisories/33178	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00259.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_FEDORA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32256	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/31602	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2483	vdb-entry x_refsource_VUPEN

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

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

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

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

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

Resource:

vdb-entry

signature

x_refsource_OVAL

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

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

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

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

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

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_SECTRACK

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

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

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

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_FEDORA

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

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_VUPEN

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

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_XF

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

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

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

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

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

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

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

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

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

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

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

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_APPLE

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

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

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

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

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

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

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

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

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

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

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

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_CERT

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

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

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

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_VUPEN

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

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

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

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

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

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

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

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

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

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

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

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_GENTOO

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

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

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

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_FEDORA

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

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

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

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

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

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_VUPEN

▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)

CVE Program Container

References

Hyperlink	Resource
https://usn.ubuntu.com/651-1/	vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/33185	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10393	vdb-entry signature x_refsource_OVAL x_transferred
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://www.ruby-lang.org/security/20080823rexml/rexml-expansion-fix.rb	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020735	vdb-entry x_refsource_SECTRACK x_transferred
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1652	vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN x_transferred
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00299.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_FEDORA x_transferred
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2428	vdb-entry x_refsource_VUPEN x_transferred
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44628	vdb-entry x_refsource_XF x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/4	mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST x_transferred
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/9/3/rails-2-0-4-maintenance-release	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-424.htm	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1651	vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN x_transferred
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_APPLE x_transferred
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml/	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_thread/thread/19f69e8a081fc0d1/e138e014b74352ca	x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/25/4	mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/32219	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html	third-party-advisory x_refsource_CERT x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/32255	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297	vdb-entry x_refsource_VUPEN x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30802	vdb-entry x_refsource_BID x_transferred
https://usn.ubuntu.com/691-1/	vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU x_transferred
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/1	mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/32371	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/32165	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xml	vendor-advisory x_refsource_GENTOO x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/33178	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00259.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_FEDORA x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/32256	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/31602	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2483	vdb-entry x_refsource_VUPEN x_transferred