GHSA-7553-JR98-VX47

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2020-02-24 19:12 – Updated: 2022-04-22 17:29
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Summary
libxml as used in Nokogiri has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation
Details

xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.10 has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation. The Nokogiri RubyGem has patched its vendored copy of libxml2 in order to prevent this issue from affecting nokogiri.

Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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        "name": "nokogiri"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.10.8"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-7595"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-835"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-02-18T18:58:16Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-01-21T23:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.10 has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation.\nThe Nokogiri RubyGem has patched its vendored copy of libxml2 in order to prevent this issue from affecting nokogiri.",
  "id": "GHSA-7553-jr98-vx47",
  "modified": "2022-04-22T17:29:45Z",
  "published": "2020-02-24T19:12:36Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7595"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1992"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html"
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    {
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      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html"
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      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4274-1"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-08"
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      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200702-0005"
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      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-04"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDPF3AAVKUAKDYFMFKSIQSVVS3EEFPQH"
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      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5R55ZR52RMBX24TQTWHCIWKJVRV6YAWI"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html"
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      "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/0e1a49c89076"
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      "url": "https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri"
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      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2020-7595.yml"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-292794.pdf"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00047.html"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "libxml as used in Nokogiri has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation"
}


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