CVE-2015-3227

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.84% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory google.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033755	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75234	vdb entry
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/bahr2JLnxvk/x4EocXnHPp8J	vendor advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00050.html	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464	vendor advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/16	mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-3227?: CVE-2015-3227 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-3227?: To fix CVE-2015-3227, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-3227 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2015-3227 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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