Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20131856000
Revision Date:2013-03-19Version:1
Title:CVE-2013-1856 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2013-1856
Platform(s):Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'rails' package in trusty is not affected (note: 'contains no code').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'ruby-actionpack-3.2' package in trusty is not affected.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'ruby-activerecord-3.2' package in trusty is not affected.
  • OR The 'ruby-activesupport-3.2' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.2.6-5').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'ruby-rails-3.2' package in trusty is not affected.
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