CVE-2014-8080
N/A
Published: November 3, 2014 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsUbuntu LinuxEnterprise LinuxopenSUSE
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
Description
The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3-p550, 2.0.x before 2.0.0-p594, and 2.1.x before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00035.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00004.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1911.html
References (20)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00035.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00000.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00004.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1911.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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