Description
The (1) jdom.rb and (2) rexml.rb components in Active Support in Ruby on Rails before 4.1.11 and 4.2.x before 4.2.2, when JDOM or REXML is enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SystemStackError) via a large XML document depth.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033755
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75234
Vendor Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/bahr2JLnxvk/x4EocXnHPp8J
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00050.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/16
Scores
EPSS
0.0268
EPSS Percentile
86.0%
Details
Status
published
Products (14)
opensuse/opensuse
13.1
opensuse/opensuse
13.2
rubygems/activesupport
4.0.0.beta1 - 4.1.11RubyGems
rubyonrails/rails
4.1.0
rubyonrails/rails
4.1.1
rubyonrails/rails
4.1.2
rubyonrails/rails
4.1.3
rubyonrails/rails
4.1.4
rubyonrails/rails
4.1.5
rubyonrails/rails
4.1.6
... and 4 more
Published
Jul 26, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026