CVE-2013-6460

MEDIUMMonitor

Published:Nov 5, 2019(6 years ago)

Modified:Nov 21, 2024

Remote ExploitNo Auth RequiredLow Complexity

Vulnerability Description

Nokogiri gem 1.5.x has Denial of Service via infinite loop when parsing XML documents

Attack Characteristics

Network AccessLow ComplexityNo Auth NeededUser Interaction Required

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No Fix Known

No patch has been released yet. Apply workarounds or mitigations where available.

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed In
nokogiri	nokogiri	1.5.0 - 1.5.11	-
nokogiri	nokogiri	1.6.0 - 1.6.1	-
debian	debian_linux	-

Timeline

Published
CVE disclosed publicly
Nov 5, 20196 years ago
Last Modified
Most recent update
Nov 21, 20241 year ago
Indexed to CVEInsight
Added to this platform
Mar 29, 20261 month ago

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/2Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64513Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-6460Third Party Advisory

CVSS Score

v3.1

6.5/ 10.0

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

At a Glance

Affected Products

References

nokogiri / nokogiri

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-6460Exploit

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-6460Issue Tracking

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90058Third Party Advisory

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6460Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/2Mailing List

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64513Third Party Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-6460Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-6460Exploit

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-6460Issue Tracking

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90058Third Party Advisory

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6460Third Party Advisory

CVSS v3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

Impact

ScopeUnchanged

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

Impact Analysis

ConfidentialityNone

NoneLowHigh

IntegrityNone

NoneLowHigh

AvailabilityHigh

NoneLowHigh

CVE-2013-6460

✦ Vulnerability Description

Attack Characteristics

Affected Software

Timeline

References

CVSS Score

At a Glance

Official Sources

CVSS v3 Vector

Impact Analysis

Vulnerability Description