ghsa-v4f8-2847-rwm7
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-24 19:02
Modified
2023-07-10 13:02
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Nokogiri Implements libxml2 version vulnerable to use-after-free
Details

There's a flaw in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by an application linked with libxml2 could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact from this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "nokogiri"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.11.4"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-3518"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-07-05T21:16:34Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-05-18T12:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-v4f8-2847-rwm7",
  "modified": "2023-07-10T13:02:34Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T19:02:44Z",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3518"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0002"
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      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05"
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/blob/2edbbef95f1dc12c1ddc5ebda71b9159026245fe/CHANGELOG.md?plain=1#L722"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2021-3518.yml"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954242"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/54"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/55"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/58"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Nokogiri Implements libxml2 version vulnerable to use-after-free"
}


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