XML Entity Expansion (XEE) Attack in REXML Parser

CVE-2014-8080 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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