USN-2412-1

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    USN-2412-1

    Published: 20 Nov 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: ruby1.8, ruby1.9.1, ruby2.0, ruby2.1 vulnerability

    Details: Tomas Hoger discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled XML entity expansion. An attacker could use this flaw to cause Ruby to consume large amounts of resources, resulting in a denial of service.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2412-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8090

    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 -1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.2

    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
    1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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