class Dawn::Kb::CVE_2008_3790

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# File lib/dawn/kb/cve_2008_3790.rb, line 7
                      def initialize
message = "The REXML module in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p287, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p72, and 1.9 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an XML document with recursively nested entities, aka an \"XML entity explosion.\""
super({
  :name=>"CVE-2008-3790",
  :cvss=>"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
  :release_date => Date.new(2008, 8, 27),
  :cwe=>"20",
  :owasp=>"A9", 
  :applies=>["rails", "sinatra", "padrino"],
  :kind=>Dawn::KnowledgeBase::RUBY_VERSION_CHECK,
  :message=>message,
  :mitigation=>"Upgrade your ruby interpreter",
  :aux_links=>["http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml/"]
})

self.safe_rubies = [
  {:engine=>"ruby", :version=>"1.8.7", :patchlevel=>"p73"}, 
  {:engine=>"ruby", :version=>"1.8.7", :patchlevel=>"p73"}, 
  {:engine=>"ruby", :version=>"1.9.0", :patchlevel=>"p1"} 
]
                      end