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Out-of-bounds read in nokogiri

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 13, 2017 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

bundler nokogiri (RubyGems)

Affected versions

< 1.8.1

Patched versions

1.8.1

Description

libxml2 20904-GITv2.9.4-16-g0741801 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the xmlDictAddString function in dict.c. This vulnerability causes programs that use libxml2, such as PHP, to crash. This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-1839. GitHub is notifying on nokogiri as uses libxml2.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 18, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 13, 2017
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-9050

GHSA ID

GHSA-8c56-cpmw-89x7

Source code

No known source code
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