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Gentoo: GLSA-202408-13 Normal: Nokogiri Denial Of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey August 7, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Nokogiri's version on Gentoo has a vulnerability that may cause a denial of service. Upgrading is crucial to reduce security risks. Check the advisory for details.
A vulnerability has been discovered in Nokogiri, which can lead to a denial of service.

Summary

A denial of service vulnerability has been discovered in Nokogiri. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo software update normal severity Nokogiri

Resolution

All Nokogiri users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/nokogiri-1.13.10"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2022-23476 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23476

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202408-13
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Nokogiri: Denial of Service
Date: August 07, 2024
Bugs: #884863
ID: 202408-13

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo software update normal severity Nokogiri

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Nokogiri, which can lead to a denial of service.

Background

Nokogiri is an HTML, XML, SAX, and Reader parser.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ----------------- ------------ ------------ dev-ruby/nokogiri < 1.13.10 >= 1.13.10

Impact

Nokogiri fails to check the return value from `xmlTextReaderExpand` in the method `Nokogiri::XML::Reader#attribute_hash`. This can lead to a null pointer exception when invalid markup is being parsed. For applications using `XML::Reader` to parse untrusted inputs, this may potentially be a vector for a denial of service attack.

Workaround

Users may be able to search their code for calls to either `XML::Reader#attributes` or `XML::Reader#attribute_hash` to determine if they are affected.

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