GHSA-8c56-cpmw-89x7
Vulnerability from github
Published
2017-12-13 21:38
Modified
2021-06-30 18:05
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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "nokogiri"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.8.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-9050"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-125"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:25:13Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-05-18T06:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-8c56-cpmw-89x7",
  "modified": "2021-06-30T18:05:23Z",
  "published": "2017-12-13T21:38:24Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9050"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3952"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/15/1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Out-of-bounds read in nokogiri"
}


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