GoogleOSV:GHSA-J96R-XVJQ-R9PGactivesupport vulnerable to Denial of Service via large XML document depth
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.016 Low
EPSS
Percentile
86.9%
The (1) jdom.rb and (2) rexml.rb components in Active Support in Ruby on Rails before 4.1.11 and 4.2.x before 4.2.2, when JDOM or REXML is enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SystemStackError) via a large XML document depth.
References
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00050.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/16
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/bahr2JLnxvk/x4EocXnHPp8J
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3227
web.archive.org/web/20200228041703/www.securityfocus.com/bid/75234
web.archive.org/web/20200517005133/www.securitytracker.com/id/1033755
Related
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.016 Low
EPSS
Percentile
86.9%