Vulnerability in Rubyonrails Rails
CVE-2015-3227
The (1) jdom.rb and (2) rexml.rb components in Active Support in Ruby on Rails before 4.1.11 and 4.2.x before 4.2.2, when JDOM or REXML is enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SystemStackError) via a large XML document depth.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.043 (90.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.043 · newest: 0.043 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Rubyonrails Rails — versions 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033755 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/75234 (vdb-entry)
- groups.google.com/forum/message/raw (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00050.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464 (vendor-advisory)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/16 (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-3227?
- CVE-2015-3227 is a vulnerability in Rubyonrails Rails. Published 2015-07-26.
- Is CVE-2015-3227 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.