Unscored severity · published Apr 9, 2013
CVE-2013-1821
lib/rexml/text.rb in the REXML parser in Ruby before 1.9.3-p392 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via crafted text nodes in an…
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CVSS
6.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
lib/rexml/text.rb in the REXML parser in Ruby before 1.9.3-p392 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via crafted text nodes in an XML document, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.9% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RU
Ruby · Ruby-lang
through 1.9.3; 1.9; 1.9.1; 1.9.2; 1.9.3; 1.9.3; +8 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1821
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1821
bugs.debian.org
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=702525
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00015.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00034.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00036.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0611.html
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