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.
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