CVE-2015-3227 json
activesupport vulnerable to Denial of Service via large XML document depth
published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-j96r-xvjq-r9pg , EUVD-2017-0259
- cvss
- 5.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 4.2%
- EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The (1) jdom.rb and (2) rexml.rb components in Active Support in Ruby on Rails 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.
Patch / fix
- rubygems activesupport 3.2.22, 4.1.11, 4.2.2
- rails Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:4.2.4-2
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3227
- rubygem-activesupport-4_1 OpenStack Cloud 5 4.1.9-9.2
- rubygem-activesupport-3_2 WebYast 1.3, Studio Onsite 1.3, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 +2 more 3.2.12-0.14.3
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:0082-1SUSE-SU-2016:0047-1
- rubygem-activesupport-4_2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.0.0.1-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10574-1
- github.com/rails/rails@12f763c commit
- github.com/rails/rails@153cc84 commit
- github.com/rails/rails@78b29e0 commit
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red hat product security vex CVE-2015-3227 updated cvss 4.3
rubygem-activesupport: Possible Denial of Service attack in Active Support in merge_element()
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Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 ruby193-rubygem-activesupport Red Hat Software Collections ror40-rubygem-activesupport, ruby193-rubygem-activesupport, rh-ror41-rubygem-activesupport Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager rubygem-activesupport, ruby193-rubygem-activesupportaffected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
4.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubygems | activesupport | >=4.0.0.beta1, <4.1.11 >=4.2.0.beta1, <4.2.2 <3.2.22 |
4.1.11 4.2.2 3.2.22 |
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
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github.com
/rails/rails/commit/12f763ce1131d29d24bd0d8f868e2697a139aea3
web
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github.com
/rails/rails/commit/153cc843ad95930b00b0ca91d30b599b7dec9680
web
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github.com
/rails/rails/commit/78b29e08c700d889837af6c51c7debd3864abc3d
web
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00050.html
vendor-advisory, web
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debian.org
/security/2016/dsa-3464
vendor-advisory, web
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groups.google.com
/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/bahr2JLnxvk/x4EocXnHPp8J
mailing-list, web, vendor-advisory
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securitytracker.com
/id/1033755
vdb-entry
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securityfocus.com
/bid/75234
vdb-entry
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/16
mailing-list, web
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3227
advisory
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github.com
/rails/rails
package
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web.archive.org
/web/20200228041703/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75234
web
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web.archive.org
/web/20200517005133/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033755
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2015-3227
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-j96r-xvjq-r9pg
- NVD CVE-2015-3227
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