GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems
GHSA-9c2j-593q-3g82 activesupport Improper Input Validation vulnerability
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2013-1856
- Ecosystem
- RubyGems
- Packages
- activesupport
- Severity
- Moderate
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
- Reviewed
- 2020-06-16
Affected packages
• RubyGems activesupport: >= 3.0.0, < 3.1.12 → fixed in 3.1.12
• RubyGems activesupport: >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.13 → fixed in 3.2.13
Description
The `ActiveSupport::XmlMini_JDOM` backend in `lib/active_support/xml_mini/jdom.rb` in the Active Support component in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12 and 3.2.x before 3.2.13, when JRuby is used, does not properly restrict the capabilities of the XML parser, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via vectors involving (1) an external DTD or (2) an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2013-1856 The ActiveSupport::XmlMini_JDOM backend in lib/active_support/xml_mini/jdom.rb in the Active Support component in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x and… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1856 advisory
- https://github.com/rails/rails package
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activesupport/CVE-2013-1856.yml web
- https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/6c2482d4ed1545e6?dmode=source&output=gplain web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130609174600/http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131109010518/http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00006.html web
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html web
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00006.html web
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784 web
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/3/18/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-13-3-1-12-and-2-3-18-have-been-released web