Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 21, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2014-8090
CVE-2014-8090
Description
The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3 patchlevel 551, 2.0.x before 2.0.0 patchlevel 598, and 2.1.x before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) a crafted XML document containing an empty string in an entity that is used in a large number of nested entity references, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1821 and CVE-2014-8080.
Affected products
26cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 25 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p0:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p125:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p194:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p286:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p383:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p385:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p392:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p426:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p429:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p448:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p545:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.3:p547:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p0:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p195:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p247:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p451:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p481:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p576:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.0.0:p594:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:p550:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.9.3
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
20- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2412-1nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/11/13/rexml-dos-cve-2014-8090/nvdExploitVendor Advisory
- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0472.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00035.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00000.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00004.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1911.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/59948nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62050nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62748nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3159nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/71230nvd
- support.apple.com/HT205267nvd
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