CVE catalog
CVE-2013-1821
ruby1.8 - several
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 6.86% · Oct 25, 2026
lib/rexml/text.rb in the REXML parser in Ruby before 1.9.3-p392 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via crafted text nodes in an XML document, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. ruby: entity expansion DoS vulnerability in REXML The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ruby1.9.1 | 6.0 | 1.9.2.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby1.9.1 | 6.0 | 1.9.2.0-2+armhf | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby1.9.1 | 6.0 | 1.9.2.0-2+deb6u1 | fixed |
| Debian | ruby1.9.1 | 7 | 1.9.3.194-8.1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby1.9.1 | 7 | 1.9.3.194-8.1+deb7u1 | fixed |
| Debian | ruby1.8 | 6.0 | 1.8.7.302-2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby1.8 | 6.0 | 1.8.7.302-2squeeze1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby1.8 | 6.0 | 1.8.7.302-2squeeze2 | fixed |
| Debian | ruby1.8 | 7 | 1.8.7.358-7 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby1.8 | 7 | 1.8.7.358-7.1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby1.8 | 7 | 1.8.7.358-7.1+deb7u1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ruby1.9.1 | deb | 6.0 | 1.9.2.0-2+deb6u1 | Not reported | DSA-2738-1 | Not reported |
| Debian | ruby1.9.1 | deb | 7 | 1.9.3.194-8.1+deb7u1 | Not reported | DSA-2738-1 | Not reported |
| Debian | ruby1.8 | deb | 6.0 | 1.8.7.302-2squeeze2 | Not reported | DSA-2809-1 | Not reported |
| Debian | ruby1.8 | deb | 7 | 1.8.7.358-7.1+deb7u1 | Not reported | DSA-2809-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
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