CVE-2008-3790

NameCVE-2008-3790
DescriptionThe 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."
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1651-1, DSA-1652-1
Debian Bugs496808, 497610

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ruby1.8sourceetch1.8.5-4etch3DSA-1651-1
ruby1.8source(unstable)1.8.7.72-1496808
ruby1.9sourceetch1.9.0+20060609-1etch3DSA-1652-1
ruby1.9source(unstable)1.9.0.2-6497610

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