CVE-2013-1856
Description
The ActiveSupport::XmlMini_JDOM backend in lib/active_support/xml_mini/jdom.rb in the Active Support component in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12 and 3.2.x before 3.2.13, when JRuby is used, does not properly restrict the capabilities of the XML parser, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via vectors involving (1) an external DTD or (2) an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | activesupport | !~> 2.3.0||<~> 3.1.12 | ~> 3.1.12 |
| RubyGems | activesupport | >=3.0.0,<3.1.12 | 3.1.12 |
| RubyGems | activesupport | >=3.2.0,<3.2.13 | 3.2.13 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.0 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.1 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.2 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.3 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.4 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.5 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.6 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.7 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.8 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.9 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.10 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.0 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.1 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.2 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.3 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.4 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.5 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.6 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.7 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.8 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.9 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.10 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.11 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.12 | |
| rubyonrails | ruby_on_rails | 3.1.11 | |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1856
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00006.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/3/18/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-13-3-1-12-and-2-3-18-have-been-released/
- https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/6c2482d4ed1545e6?dmode=source&output=gplain
- https://github.com/rails/rails
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activesupport/CVE-2013-1856.yml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130609174600/http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131109010518/http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00006.html
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/3/18/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-13-3-1-12-and-2-3-18-have-been-released
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1856
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.