CVE - CVE-2013-1856

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-1856	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:APPLE-SA-2013-06-04-1 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html MISC:APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-5 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00006.html MISC:[rubyonrails-security] 20130318 [CVE-2013-1856] XML Parsing Vulnerability affecting JRuby users URL:https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/6c2482d4ed1545e6?dmode=source&output=gplain MISC:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784 URL:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784 MISC:http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/3/18/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-13-3-1-12-and-2-3-18-have-been-released/ URL:http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/3/18/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-13-3-1-12-and-2-3-18-have-been-released/
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20130219	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20130219)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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