CVE-2013-6461

Publication date 5 November 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

Nokogiri gem 1.5.x and 1.6.x has DoS while parsing XML entities by failing to apply limits

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libnokogiri-ruby	13.10 saucy	Not in release
	13.04 raring	Not in release
	12.10 quantal	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
ruby-nokogiri	13.10 saucy	Not affected
	13.04 raring	Not affected
	12.10 quantal	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

this is for JRuby only

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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