Ruby up to 2.1.4 XML denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Ruby up to 2.1.4 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component XML Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was shared 11/18/2014 by Tomas Hoger as Bug 1159927 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-8090 since 10/10/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 79382 (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : ruby1.8, ruby1.9.1, ruby2.0, ruby2.1 vulnerability (USN-2412-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122868 (Red Hat Update for ruby (RHSA-2014:1912)).

Upgrading to version 1.9.3-p551, 2.0.0-p598 or 2.1.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (98881) and Tenable (79382). The entry 67188 is related to this item.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 79382
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : ruby1.8, ruby1.9.1, ruby2.0, ruby2.1 vulnerability (USN-2412-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 801078
OpenVAS Name: Ruby REXML Parser XML Entity Expansion (XEE) Vulnerability (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ruby 1.9.3-p551/2.0.0-p598/2.1.5

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Advisory: Bug 1159927
Researcher: Tomas Hoger
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-8090 (🔍)
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X-Force: 98881 - Ruby XML denial of service, Medium Risk
Vulnerability Center: 53090 - Ruby Remote Denial-of Service via a Crafted XML in the REXML Parser, Medium
SecurityFocus: 71230 - Ruby CVE-2014-8090 Incomplete Fix XML External Entity Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 59948 - Ubuntu update for ruby, Less Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/24/2014 09:40
Updated: 02/27/2022 08:18
Changes: 11/24/2014 09:40 (74), 02/01/2018 07:28 (9), 02/27/2022 08:14 (3), 02/27/2022 08:18 (1)
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