CVE-2008-3790
N/A
Published: August 27, 2008 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:56 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRuby
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 15%
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."
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (35)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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