CVE-2014-8080

Public on 2014-11-03
Modified on 2014-11-05
Description
The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3-p550, 2.0.x before 2.0.0-p594, and 2.1.x before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.3
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
HAQM Linux 1 ruby20 2014-11-05 ALAS-2014-441 Fixed
HAQM Linux 1 ruby21 2014-11-05 ALAS-2014-439 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
HAQM Linux CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

FAQs regarding HAQM Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2014-8080 Mitre: CVE-2014-8080