GHSA-286v-pcf5-25rc
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Summary: Nokogiri Implements libxml2 version vulnerable to null pointer dereferencing
Details: A vulnerability found in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11 shows that it did not propagate errors while parsing XML mixed content, causing a NULL dereference. If an untrusted XML document was parsed in recovery mode and post-validated, the flaw could be used to crash the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3537, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1956522, https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2021-3537.yml, https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri, https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/blob/2edbbef95f1dc12c1ddc5ebda71b9159026245fe/CHANGELOG.md?plain=1#L722, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV, https://nokogiri.org/CHANGELOG.html#1114-2021-05-14, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0002, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Affected packages
Package
Name: nokogiri
Purl: pkg:gem/nokogiri
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
