GHSA-J96R-XVJQ-R9PG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2017-10-24 18:33 – Updated: 2025-03-31 17:46
VLAI?
Summary
activesupport vulnerable to Denial of Service via large XML document depth
Details

The (1) jdom.rb and (2) rexml.rb components in Active Support in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22, 4.1.x before 4.1.11, and 4.2.x before 4.2.2, when JDOM or REXML is enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SystemStackError) via a large XML document depth.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "activesupport"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.0.0.beta1"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.1.11"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "activesupport"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.2.0.beta1"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.2.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "activesupport"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.2.22"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2015-3227"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:42:52Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The (1) `jdom.rb` and (2) `rexml.rb` components in Active Support in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22, 4.1.x before 4.1.11, and 4.2.x before 4.2.2, when JDOM or REXML is enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SystemStackError) via a large XML document depth.",
  "id": "GHSA-j96r-xvjq-r9pg",
  "modified": "2025-03-31T17:46:20Z",
  "published": "2017-10-24T18:33:36Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3227"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/12f763ce1131d29d24bd0d8f868e2697a139aea3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/153cc843ad95930b00b0ca91d30b599b7dec9680"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/78b29e08c700d889837af6c51c7debd3864abc3d"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/bahr2JLnxvk/x4EocXnHPp8J"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228041703/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75234"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200517005133/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033755"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00050.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/16"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "activesupport vulnerable to Denial of Service via large XML document depth"
}


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