CVE-2008-3790

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The REXML module in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p287, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p72, and 1.9 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an XML document with recursively nested entities, aka an "XML entity explosion."

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 27, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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