Nokogiri gem, via libxml, is affected by DoS vulnerabilities · CVE-2017-16932 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

Nokogiri gem, via libxml, is affected by DoS vulnerabilities

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jun 9, 2023

Package

nokogiri (RubyGems)

Affected versions

< 1.8.1

Patched versions

1.8.1

Description

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

Nov 23, 2017

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022

Last updated Jun 9, 2023

Reviewed Jun 9, 2023

Severity

High

7.5

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H