CVE-2008-3790
Scores
EPSS
Percentile: 26.0%
CVSS
CVSS Score: 5.0/10
All CVSS Scores
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vector Breakdown
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) vector provides detailed metrics about vulnerability characteristics
CVSS
Attack Vector
Network (N)
Describes how the vulnerability is exploited
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Describes the conditions beyond the attacker's control
Authentication
None (N)
Describes the level of privileges an attacker must possess
Confidentiality Impact
None (N)
Measures the impact to the confidentiality of information
Integrity Impact
None (N)
Measures the impact to integrity of a successfully exploited vulnerability
Availability Impact
Partial
Measures the impact to the availability of the impacted component
Description
The REXML module in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p287, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p72, and 1.9 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an XML document with recursively nested entities, aka an “XML entity explosion.”
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CWEs
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Vulnerable Software (7)
Type: Configuration
Product: ruby
Operating System: rhel 4
{ "fixed": "1.8.1-7.el4_7.1"}
Source: redhat
Type: Configuration
Product: ruby
Operating System: rhel 5
{ "fixed": "1.8.5-5.el5_2.5"}
Source: redhat
Type: Configuration
Product: ruby1.8
Operating System: ubuntu hardy 8.04
{ "fixed": "1.8.6.111-2ubuntu1.2"}
Source: ubuntu
Type: Configuration
Product: ruby1.8
Operating System: debian
{ "fixed": "1.8.7.72-1"}
Source: debian
Type: Configuration
Product: ruby1.9
Operating System: ubuntu hardy 8.04
{ "unfixed": true}
Source: ubuntu
Type: Configuration
Product: ruby1.9
Operating System: debian
{ "fixed": "1.9.0.2-6"}
Source: debian
Type: Configuration
Vendor: ruby-lang
Product: ruby
Operating System: * * *
{ "cpe_match": [ { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p110:*:*:*:*:*:*", ...
{ "cpe_match": [ { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p110:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p111:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p114:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p230:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p286:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p287:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p36:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:preview2:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:preview3:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:p17:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:p22:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:p71:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:p72:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:preview2:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:preview3:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:preview4:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true } ], "operator": "OR"}
Source: nvd