CVE-2015-3227
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CVE-2015-3227
Published: 26 Jul 2015Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026
Summary:
Details: The (1) jdom.rb and (2) rexml.rb components in Active Support in Ruby on Rails 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.
References: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464, https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/bahr2JLnxvk/x4EocXnHPp8J, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00050.html, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/16, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75234, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033755
Affected packages
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
