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CVE-2014-8090 Details

Description

The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3 patchlevel 551, 2.0.x before 2.0.0 patchlevel 598, and 2.1.x before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) a crafted XML document containing an empty string in an entity that is used in a large number of nested entity references, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1821 and CVE-2014-8080.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0472.html	CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00035.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00000.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00004.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1911.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/59948	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/62050	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/62748	CVE
https://support.apple.com/HT205267	CVE
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/11/13/rexml-dos-cve-2014-8090/	CVE	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3159	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:129	CVE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71230	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2412-1	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0472.html	[email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00035.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00000.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00004.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1911.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/59948	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/62050	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/62748	[email protected]
https://support.apple.com/HT205267	[email protected]
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/11/13/rexml-dos-cve-2014-8090/	[email protected]	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3159	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:129	[email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71230	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2412-1	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ruby-lang ruby	<= 1.9.3 1.9.3 1.9.3 p0 1.9.3 p125 1.9.3 p194
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby::p550::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p0:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p125:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p194:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p286:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p383:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p385:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p392:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p426:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p429:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p448:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p545:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p547:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p0:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p195:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p247:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p451:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p481:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p576:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p594:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.4:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

ruby-lang ruby

<= 1.9.3

1.9.3

1.9.3 p0

1.9.3 p125

1.9.3 p194

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:p550:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p125:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p194:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p286:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p383:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p385:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p392:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p426:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p429:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p448:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p545:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p547:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p195:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p247:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p451:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p481:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p576:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p594:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

16 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 3, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 12, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 10, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 18, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 12, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 6, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 11, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 12, 2014	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 3, 2014	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 24, 2014	Initial Analysis	[email protected]