CVE-2013-1856

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

19/03/2013

Last modified:

11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

5.80

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:beta1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:rc3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:rc4::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:rc5::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:rc6::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:rc7::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:rc8::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.1:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.1:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.1:rc3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.2:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:beta1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:rc3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:rc4::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:rc5::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:rc6::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:rc7::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:rc8::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.1:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.1:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.1:rc3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.2:::::::*

CVE-2013-1856

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools