Severity
Severity not reported.
Affected versions
No affected versions listed.
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
- Advisorywww.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464 ↗
- Advisorygroups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/bahr2JLnxvk/x4EocXnHPp8J ↗
- Weblists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00050.html ↗
- Webopenwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/16 ↗
- Webwww.securityfocus.com/bid/75234 ↗
- Webwww.securitytracker.com/id/1033755 ↗