CVE-2017-9048 (Medium) detected in nokogiri-1.6.8.gem

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CVE-2017-9048 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - nokogiri-1.6.8.gem

Nokogiri (鋸) is an HTML, XML, SAX, and Reader parser. Among Nokogiri's many features is the ability to search documents via XPath or CSS3 selectors.

Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/nokogiri-1.6.8.gem

Path to dependency file: /docs/Gemfile.lock

Path to vulnerable library: /docs/Gemfile.lock

Dependency Hierarchy: - sanitize-2.1.0.gem (Root Library) - :x: **nokogiri-1.6.8.gem** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: b9bd902dad80b8b5fa55a183526357266ae47bcc

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

libxml2 20904-GITv2.9.4-16-g0741801 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. The function xmlSnprintfElementContent in valid.c is supposed to recursively dump the element content definition into a char buffer 'buf' of size 'size'. At the end of the routine, the function may strcat two more characters without checking whether the current strlen(buf) + 2 < size. This vulnerability causes programs that use libxml2, such as PHP, to crash.

Publish Date: 2017-05-18

URL: CVE-2017-9048

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9047

Release Date: 2017-05-18

Fix Resolution: 2.9.5

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