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HistoryMar 25, 2013 - 12:00 a.m.

Ruby vulnerability

2013-03-2500:00:00
ubuntu.com
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5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack 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

5.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.196 Low

EPSS

Percentile

96.3%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 12.10
  • Ubuntu 12.04
  • Ubuntu 11.10
  • Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

  • ruby1.8 - Object-oriented scripting language
  • ruby1.9.1 - Object-oriented scripting language

Details

Ben Murphy discovered that the Ruby REXML library incorrectly handled XML
entity expansion. An attacker could use this flaw to cause Ruby to consume
large amounts of memory, resulting in a denial of service.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu12.10noarchruby1.8< 1.8.7.358-4ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.10noarchlibruby1.8< 1.8.7.358-4ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.10noarchlibruby1.8-dbg< 1.8.7.358-4ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.10noarchlibtcltk-ruby1.8< 1.8.7.358-4ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.10noarchruby1.8-dev< 1.8.7.358-4ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.10noarchruby1.9.1< 1.9.3.194-1ubuntu1.4UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.10noarchlibruby1.9.1< 1.9.3.194-1ubuntu1.4UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.10noarchlibruby1.9.1-dbg< 1.9.3.194-1ubuntu1.4UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.10noarchlibtcltk-ruby1.9.1< 1.9.3.194-1ubuntu1.4UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.10noarchruby1.9.1-dev< 1.9.3.194-1ubuntu1.4UNKNOWN
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5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack 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

5.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.196 Low

EPSS

Percentile

96.3%