CVE-2013-1856: Improper Input Validation
(updated )
The ActiveSupport::XmlMini_JDOM
backend in lib/active_support/xml_mini/jdom.rb
in the Active Support component does not properly restrict the capabilities of the XML parser, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via vectors involving (1) an external DTD or (2) an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference.
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