CVE-2017-18258 – nokogiri

Package

Manager: gem
Name: nokogiri
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <1.8.2

Severity

Level: Medium

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00724 pctl0.71707

Details

Uncontrolled resource consumption in nokogiri The xz_head function in xzlib.c in libxml2 before 2.9.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted LZMA file, because the decoder functionality does not restrict memory usage to what is required for a legitimate file.

Metadata

Created: 2018-04-13T16:17:46Z
Modified: 2023-05-04T19:56:39Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/04/GHSA-882p-jqgm-f45g/GHSA-882p-jqgm-f45g.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-770"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-882p-jqgm-f45g
Finding: F067
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