CVE-2013-1856

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

9.1

MODERATE

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.773

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-1856 are fixed in Ruby-activesupport 3.1.12	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-1856 are fixed in Ruby-activesupport 3.2.13	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-1856 are fixed in Ruby-activesupport for Linux 3.1.12	Linux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-1856 are fixed in Ruby-activesupport for Linux 3.2.13	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234