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CVE-2013-1856

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2013-04-10	rubygem-rails -- multiple vulnerabilities

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CVE-2013-1856 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2013-1856
Phase	Assigned(20130219)

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

Source	Reference
MLIST	[rubyonrails-security] 20130318 [CVE-2013-1856] XML Parsing Vulnerability affecting JRuby users
CONFIRM	http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/3/18/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-13-3-1-12-and-2-3-18-have-been-released/
CONFIRM	http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784
APPLE	APPLE-SA-2013-06-04-1
APPLE	APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-5