XML Injection in Xerces Java affects Nokogiri · GHSA-xxx9-3xcr-gjj3 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

XML Injection in Xerces Java affects Nokogiri

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Apr 11, 2022 in sparklemotion/nokogiri • Updated Jan 11, 2023

Package

nokogiri (RubyGems)

Affected versions

< 1.13.4

Patched versions

1.13.4

Description

Summary

Nokogiri v1.13.4 updates the vendored xerces:xercesImpl from 2.12.0 to 2.12.2, which addresses CVE-2022-23437. That CVE is scored as CVSS 6.5 "Medium" on the NVD record.

Please note that this advisory only applies to the JRuby implementation of Nokogiri < 1.13.4.

Mitigation

Upgrade to Nokogiri >= v1.13.4.

Impact

CVE-2022-23437 in xerces-J

Severity: Medium
Type: CWE-91 XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)
Description: There's a vulnerability within the Apache Xerces Java (XercesJ) XML parser when handling specially crafted XML document payloads. This causes, the XercesJ XML parser to wait in an infinite loop, which may sometimes consume system resources for prolonged duration. This vulnerability is present within XercesJ version 2.12.1 and the previous versions.
See also: GHSA-h65f-jvqw-m9fj

References

flavorjones published to sparklemotion/nokogiri

Apr 11, 2022

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 11, 2022

Reviewed Apr 11, 2022

Last updated Jan 11, 2023

Severity

Moderate

6.5

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H