XXE in Nokogiri
CVE-2013-6460
Nokogiri gem 1.5.x has Denial of Service via infinite loop when parsing XML documents
EPSS: 0.021 (79.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Nokogiri
- Ruby Nokogiri Gem — versions 1.5.x, 1.6.x
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
- Redhat Cloudforms_management_engine — versions 5.0
- Redhat Enterprise_mrg — versions 2.0
- Redhat Openstack — versions 3.0, 4.0
- Redhat Satellite — versions 6.0
- Redhat Subscription_asset_manager
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-6460?
- CVE-2013-6460 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nokogiri, classified under Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs (XML Entity Expansion). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-11-05.
- How severe is CVE-2013-6460?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.