CVE-2015-3227 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Ruby on Rails Active Support versions prior to 4.1.11 and 4.2.2. Specifically, when JDOM or REXML is enabled, remote attackers can trigger a SystemStackError by submitting a large XML document depth. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and potential for denial of service. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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