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TI-2008-03632 Aliases CVE-2008-3790GHSA-96jc-f6m3-pf2w

The REXML module in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p287, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p72, and 1.9…

Priority LOW 39CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

The REXML module in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p287, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p72, and 1.9 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an XML document with recursively nested entities, aka an "XML entity explosion."

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.15197 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 21

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.6Vulnerableruby
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p110:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.6 p110Vulnerableruby
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p111:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.6 p111Vulnerableruby
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p114:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.6 p114Vulnerableruby
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p230:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.6 p230Vulnerableruby
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p286:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.6 p286Vulnerableruby
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p287:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.6 p287Vulnerableruby
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p36:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.6 p36Vulnerableruby
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.6 preview1Vulnerableruby
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:preview2:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.6 preview2Vulnerableruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.6 Vulnerable ·ruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p110:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.6 p110 Vulnerable ·ruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p111:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.6 p111 Vulnerable ·ruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p114:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.6 p114 Vulnerable ·ruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p230:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.6 p230 Vulnerable ·ruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p286:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.6 p286 Vulnerable ·ruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p287:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.6 p287 Vulnerable ·ruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p36:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.6 p36 Vulnerable ·ruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.6 preview1 Vulnerable ·ruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:preview2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.6 preview2 Vulnerable ·ruby
Show 11 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:preview3:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.6 preview3Vulnerableruby
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.7Vulnerableruby
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:p17:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.7 p17Vulnerableruby
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:p22:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.7 p22Vulnerableruby
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:p71:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.7 p71Vulnerableruby
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:p72:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.7 p72Vulnerableruby
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.7 preview1Vulnerableruby
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:preview2:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.7 preview2Vulnerableruby
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:preview3:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.7 preview3Vulnerableruby
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:preview4:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.7 preview4Vulnerableruby
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.9Vulnerableruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:preview3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.6 preview3 Vulnerable ·ruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.7 Vulnerable ·ruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:p17:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.7 p17 Vulnerable ·ruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:p22:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.7 p22 Vulnerable ·ruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:p71:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.7 p71 Vulnerable ·ruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:p72:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.7 p72 Vulnerable ·ruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.7 preview1 Vulnerable ·ruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:preview2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.7 preview2 Vulnerable ·ruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:preview3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.7 preview3 Vulnerable ·ruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:preview4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.7 preview4 Vulnerable ·ruby
  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9 Vulnerable ·ruby

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2008:0897 Released 2008-10-21 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    ruby security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5, ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386, ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ia64 +33
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1, irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386, irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64 +25
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5, ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386, ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 +11
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5, ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5, ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386 +2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1, irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386, ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 +11
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1, irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386, irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64 +18
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1, irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386, irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64 +18

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2008:0897
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2008:0897
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2008:0897
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2008:0897
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2008:0897
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2008:0897
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2008:0897

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-3790
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-96jc-f6m3-pf2w

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 10

Other 11

  • TI-2026-71508 Integer overflow in GitLab allows code execution on the server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2017-12709 Ruby before 2.4.3 allows Net::FTP command injection. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2008-03501 Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the WEBrick::HTTPUtils.split_header_value… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2021-09891 In Ruby through 3.0 on Windows, a remote attacker can submit a crafted path when a Web… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2013-03637 Heap-based buffer overflow in Ruby 1.8, 1.9 before 1.9.3-p484, 2.0 before 2.0.0-p353, 2.1… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2018-11751 An issue was discovered in the OpenSSL library in Ruby before 2.3.8, 2.4.x before 2.4.5… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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