CVE-2013-6461 describes a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Nokogiri gem versions 1.5.x and 1.6.x, affecting products like Debian and Red Hat, due to a failure to properly limit XML entity parsing. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be triggered remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and primarily impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.5.0, < 1.5.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nokogiri:nokogiri:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.6.0, < 1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nokogiri:nokogiri:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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