CVE-2014-8080 — XML Entity Expansion in Ruby

CWE-776 — XML Entity Expansion17 documents10 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
10.8%
top 6.63%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Ruby-lang RubyCanonical Ubuntu LinuxOpensuse+1 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 3
Latest updateMay 14

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDruby-lang/ruby1.9.3+5
▶NVDopensuse/opensuse12.3, 13.1+1

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, Enterprise Linux 6.0, 7.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-ggvr-v7qh-jwjh: The REXML parser in Ruby 1↗2022-05-14
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OSV
ruby1.8, ruby1.9.1, ruby2.0, ruby2.1 vulnerabilities↗2014-11-04
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CVEList
CVE-2014-8080: The REXML parser in Ruby 1↗2014-11-03
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OSV
CVE-2014-8080: The REXML parser in Ruby 1↗2014-10-29
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
Xerox DocuShare - SQL Injection↗2014-04-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Red Hat
ruby: REXML incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8080↗2014-11-13
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Ubuntu
Ruby vulnerabilities↗2014-11-04
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Red Hat
ruby: REXML billion laughs attack via parameter entity expansion↗2014-10-27
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Apple
CVE-2014-8080: OS X El Capitan v10.11↗
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📄Research Papers

1
CTF
Steel-Mountain / README↗
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💬Community

6
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-8090 ruby: REXML incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8080 [fedora-all]↗2018-02-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-8090 jruby: ruby: REXML incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8080 [fedora-all]↗2018-02-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-8090 ruby: REXML incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8080↗2014-11-03
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-8080 jruby: ruby: REXML billion laughs attack via parameter entity expansion [fedora-all]↗2014-10-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-8080 ruby: Denial Of Service XML Expansion [fedora-all]↗2014-10-28
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CVE-2014-8080 — XML Entity Expansion in Ruby-lang Ruby | cvebase