UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8080

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8080

    Published: 29 Oct 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-8080
    Aliases:
    USN-2397-1

    Summary:

    Details: The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3-p550, 2.0.x before 2.0.0-p594, and 2.1.x before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8080, https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/10/27/rexml-dos-cve-2014-8080/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2397-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8080

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ruby1.9.1

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    1.9.3.194-8.1ubuntu2
    1.9.3.448-1ubuntu1
    1.9.3.448-1ubuntu2
    1.9.3.484-1ubuntu1
    1.9.3.484-1ubuntu2
    1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1

    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
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