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Improper resource allocation In org.jruby:jruby

Description

Ruby vulnerable to denial of service When reading text nodes from an XML document, the REXML parser can be coerced in to allocating extremely large string objects which can consume all of the memory on a machine, causing a denial of service.

Jruby resolves this bug in version 1.7.3 as noted in https://www.jruby.org/2013/02/21/jruby-1-7-3.html

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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Patched versions

Aliases

1. CVE-2013-18212. NVD-2013-18213. OSV-2013-18214. GCVE-2013-1821

References

1. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9147162. https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-00923. https://www.jruby.org/2013/02/21/jruby-1-7-3.html4. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=7025255. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00001.html6. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00015.html7. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00034.html8. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00036.html9. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1147.html10. http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=3938411. http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-273812. http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-280913. http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:12414. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/06/515. http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/02/22/rexml-dos-2013-02-2216. http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.42686217. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1780-1

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