Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20131856000
Revision Date:2013-03-19Version:1
Title:CVE-2013-1856 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - 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 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'rails' package in xenial is not affected (note: 'contains no code').
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