GHSA-q7wx-62r7-j2x7
Vulnerability from github
Published
2018-08-08 22:31
Modified
2023-03-14 19:07
Summary
Nokogiri vulnerable to libxml XML Entity Expansion
Details

The xmlreader in libxml allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XML data, related to an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

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{
   affected: [
      {
         database_specific: {
            last_known_affected_version_range: "<= 1.6.6.3",
         },
         package: {
            ecosystem: "RubyGems",
            name: "nokogiri",
         },
         ranges: [
            {
               events: [
                  {
                     introduced: "1.6.6.0",
                  },
                  {
                     fixed: "1.6.6.4",
                  },
               ],
               type: "ECOSYSTEM",
            },
         ],
      },
   ],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2015-1819",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-776",
      ],
      github_reviewed: true,
      github_reviewed_at: "2020-06-16T21:51:25Z",
      nvd_published_at: null,
      severity: "MODERATE",
   },
   details: "The xmlreader in libxml allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XML data, related to an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.",
   id: "GHSA-q7wx-62r7-j2x7",
   modified: "2023-03-14T19:07:20Z",
   published: "2018-08-08T22:31:12Z",
   references: [
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1819",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1374",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=213f1fe0d76d30eaed6e5853057defc43e6df2c9",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2015-1819.yml",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-08",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://support.apple.com/HT206166",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://support.apple.com/HT206167",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://support.apple.com/HT206168",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://support.apple.com/HT206169",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172710.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172943.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1419.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2812-1",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://xmlsoft.org/news.html",
      },
   ],
   schema_version: "1.4.0",
   severity: [],
   summary: "Nokogiri vulnerable to libxml XML Entity Expansion",
}


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