multi_xml gem 0.5.2 for Ruby, as used in Grape before 0.2.6 and possibly other products, does not properly restrict casts of string values, which allows remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) involving nested XML entity references, by leveraging support for (1) YAML type conversion or (2) Symbol type conversion, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2013-0156.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0282 multi_xml gem 0.5.2 for Ruby, as used in Grape before 0.2.6 and possibly other products, does not properly restrict casts of string values, which allows remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) involving nested XML entity references, by leveraging support for (1) YAML type conversion or (2) Symbol type conversion, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2013-0156.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pchc-949f-53m5 Improper Input Validation in multi_xml
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T14:18:09.043Z

Reserved: 2012-12-06T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2013-0175

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-04-25T23:55:01.410

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-0175

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