GHSA-8c56-cpmw-89x7

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    GHSA-8c56-cpmw-89x7

    Published: 13 Dec 2017Last Modified: 8 Nov 2023
    Aliases:
    CVE-2017-9050

    Summary: Out-of-bounds read in nokogiri

    Details: 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: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9050, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01, http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3952, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/15/1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nokogiri

    Purl: pkg:gem/nokogiri

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.8.1

    Affected versions

    1.0.0
    1.0.1
    1.0.2
    1.0.3
    1.0.4
    1.0.5
    1.0.6
    1.0.7

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High