Medium severity · published Nov 5, 2019
CVE-2013-6461
Nokogiri gem 1.5.x and 1.6.x has DoS while parsing XML entities by failing to apply limits
6.5
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CM
Cloudforms Management Engine · Redhat
5.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
EM
Enterprise Mrg · Redhat
2.0 · source: NVD
NO
Nokogiri · Nokogiri
1.5.0 before 1.5.11; 1.6.0 before 1.6.1 · source: NVD
OP
Openstack · Redhat
3.0; 4.0 · source: NVD
SA
Satellite · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
SA
Subscription Asset Manager · Redhat
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6461
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6461
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/2
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64513
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-6461
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-6461
Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90059
Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6461
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