GHSA-882p-jqgm-f45g
Vulnerability from github
Published
2018-04-13 16:17
Modified
2023-05-04 19:56
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Uncontrolled resource consumption in nokogiri
Details

The xz_head function in xzlib.c in libxml2 before 2.9.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted LZMA file, because the decoder functionality does not restrict memory usage to what is required for a legitimate file.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "nokogiri"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.8.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-18258"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-770"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:24:47Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-04-08T17:29:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The xz_head function in xzlib.c in libxml2 before 2.9.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted LZMA file, because the decoder functionality does not restrict memory usage to what is required for a legitimate file.",
  "id": "GHSA-882p-jqgm-f45g",
  "modified": "2023-05-04T19:56:39Z",
  "published": "2018-04-13T16:17:46Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18258"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=e2a9122b8dde53d320750451e9907a7dcb2ca8bb"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-882p-jqgm-f45g"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2017-18258.yml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content\u0026id=SB10284"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00035.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190719-0001"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Uncontrolled resource consumption in nokogiri"
}


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