| Name | CVE-2008-3790 |
| 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." |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1651-1, DSA-1652-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 496808, 497610 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ruby1.8 | source | etch | 1.8.5-4etch3 | DSA-1651-1 | ||
| ruby1.8 | source | (unstable) | 1.8.7.72-1 | 496808 | ||
| ruby1.9 | source | etch | 1.9.0+20060609-1etch3 | DSA-1652-1 | ||
| ruby1.9 | source | (unstable) | 1.9.0.2-6 | 497610 |