Upstream information

CVE-2008-3790 at MITRE

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."

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 420084 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • ruby-devel >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-doc-html >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-doc-ri >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-examples >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-test-suite >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-tk >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA ruby-devel-1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • ruby >= 1.8.7.p72-5.24.2
  • ruby-doc-html >= 1.8.7.p72-5.24.2
  • ruby-tk >= 1.8.7.p72-5.24.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA ruby-1.8.7.p72-5.24.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • ruby >= 1.8.7.p357-0.7.1
  • ruby-doc-html >= 1.8.7.p357-0.7.1
  • ruby-tk >= 1.8.7.p357-0.7.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA ruby-1.8.7.p357-0.7.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • ruby >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.9.1
  • ruby-doc-html >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.9.1
  • ruby-tk >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.9.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA ruby-1.8.7.p357-0.9.9.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • ruby >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-devel >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-doc-html >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-doc-ri >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-examples >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-test-suite >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-tk >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA ruby-1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA ruby-devel-1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11
  • ruby >= 1.8.7.p72-5.22.1
  • ruby-doc-html >= 1.8.7.p72-5.22.1
  • ruby-tk >= 1.8.7.p72-5.22.1
 Patchnames:
slessp0-ruby

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 ruby Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 ruby Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 ruby Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 ruby Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 06:46:36 2013
CVE page last modified: Sat Jun 15 20:53:18 2024