{
"id": "GHSA-j96r-xvjq-r9pg",
"aliases": [
"CVE-2015-3227"
],
"details": "The (1) `jdom.rb` and (2) `rexml.rb` components in Active Support in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22, 4.1.x 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.",
"summary": "activesupport vulnerable to Denial of Service via large XML document depth",
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "4.0.0.beta1"
},
{
"fixed": "4.1.11"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "activesupport",
"ecosystem": "RubyGems"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "4.2.0.beta1"
},
{
"fixed": "4.2.2"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "activesupport",
"ecosystem": "RubyGems"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.2.22"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "activesupport",
"ecosystem": "RubyGems"
}
}
],
"modified": "2025-03-31T17:46:20Z",
"severity": [],
"published": "2017-10-24T18:33:36Z",
"references": [
{
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3227",
"type": "ADVISORY"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/12f763ce1131d29d24bd0d8f868e2697a139aea3",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/153cc843ad95930b00b0ca91d30b599b7dec9680",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/78b29e08c700d889837af6c51c7debd3864abc3d",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/rails/rails",
"type": "PACKAGE"
},
{
"url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/bahr2JLnxvk/x4EocXnHPp8J",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228041703/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75234",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200517005133/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033755",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00050.html",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/16",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464",
"type": "WEB"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"severity": "MODERATE",
"github_reviewed": true,
"nvd_published_at": null,
"github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:42:52Z"
}
}