GHSA-62qp-3fxm-9wxf · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Nokogiri vulnerable to DoS while parsing XML documents
Nokogiri gem 1.5.x has Denial of Service via infinite loop when parsing XML documents
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-6460 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.52%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 3.10% | 2.52% | -0.58% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 2.52% | 3.10% | +0.58% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 2.52% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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2.8 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
GHSA-62qp-3fxm-9wxf · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Nokogiri vulnerable to DoS while parsing XML documents
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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unimportant | CVE-2013-6460 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ruby-nokogiri), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6460 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6460 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2013-6460 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (libnokogiri-ruby, ruby-nokogiri), 12 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): DNE 5, not-affected 5, needs-triage 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6460 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| nokogiri | nokogiri | >= 1.5.0, < 1.5.11 | cpe:2.3:a:nokogiri:nokogiri:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| nokogiri | nokogiri | >= 1.6.0, < 1.6.1 | cpe:2.3:a:nokogiri:nokogiri:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 9.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 10.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | cloudforms_management_engine | 5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms_management_engine:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | openstack | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | openstack | 4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | satellite | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | subscription_asset_manager | — | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:subscription_asset_manager:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_mrg | 2.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/27/2 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64513 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-6460 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-6460 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-6460 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90058 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6460 | Third Party Advisory |