CVE-2015-20108
Publication date 27 May 2023
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
xml_security.rb in the ruby-saml gem before 1.0.0 for Ruby allows XPath injection and code execution because prepared statements are not used.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ruby-saml | ||
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
9.8 · Critical
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Other references
- https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/commit/9853651b96b99653ea8627d757d46bfe62ab6448 (v1.0.0)
- https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/pull/225
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ruby-saml/OSVDB-124991.yml
- https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/commit/9853651b96b99653ea8627d757d46bfe62ab6448
- https://github.com/SAML-Toolkits/ruby-saml/compare/v0.9.2...v1.0.0
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-20108