CVE-2015-3227
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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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.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13.2 | Affected | — |
| 13.1 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2:4.2.4-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 2:4.2.4-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 2:4.2.4-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2:4.2.4-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2:4.2.4-2 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | activesupport | <>= 4.2.2 | >= 4.2.2 |
| RubyGems | activesupport | >=4.0.0.beta1,<4.1.11 | 4.1.11 |
| RubyGems | activesupport | >=4.2.0.beta1,<4.2.2 | 4.2.2 |
| RubyGems | activesupport | <3.2.22 | 3.2.22 |
References
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/bahr2JLnxvk
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00050.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/16
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75234
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033755
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/bahr2JLnxvk/x4EocXnHPp8J
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3227
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/12f763ce1131d29d24bd0d8f868e2697a139aea3
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/153cc843ad95930b00b0ca91d30b599b7dec9680
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/78b29e08c700d889837af6c51c7debd3864abc3d
- https://github.com/rails/rails
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228041703/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75234
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200517005133/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033755
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3227
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.