The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3-p550, 2.0.x before 2.0.0-p594, and 2.1.x before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8080
Reference (s):
- APPLE:APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3
- URL: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- BID:70935
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70935
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0443.html