GHSA-286V-PCF5-25RC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:02 – Updated: 2023-07-10 13:02
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Summary
Nokogiri Implements libxml2 version vulnerable to null pointer dereferencing
Details

A vulnerability found in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11 shows that it did not propagate errors while parsing XML mixed content, causing a NULL dereference. If an untrusted XML document was parsed in recovery mode and post-validated, the flaw could be used to crash the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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        "name": "nokogiri"
      },
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-3537"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-07-05T21:11:25Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-05-14T20:15:00Z",
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  "id": "GHSA-286v-pcf5-25rc",
  "modified": "2023-07-10T13:02:03Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T19:02:26Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3537"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1956522"
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    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/blob/2edbbef95f1dc12c1ddc5ebda71b9159026245fe/CHANGELOG.md?plain=1#L722"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV"
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      "url": "https://nokogiri.org/CHANGELOG.html#1114-2021-05-14"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0002"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
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  "summary": "Nokogiri Implements libxml2 version vulnerable to null pointer dereferencing"
}



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