GHSA-GX8X-G87M-H5Q6: nokogiri RubyGems

Vulnerability summary

GHSA-GX8X-G87M-H5Q6 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in nokogiri RubyGems.

Timeline

1. 11-04-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-12-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Denial of Service (DoS) in Nokogiri on JRuby ## Summary Nokogiri `v1.13.4` updates the vendored `org.cyberneko.html` library to `1.9.22.noko2` which addresses [CVE-2022-24839](https://github.com/sparklemotion/nekohtml/security/advisories/GHSA-9849-p7jc-9rmv). That CVE is rated 7.5 (High Severity). See [GHSA-9849-p7jc-9rmv](https://github.com/sparklemotion/nekohtml/security/advisories/GHSA-9849-p7jc-9rmv) for more information. Please note that this advisory only applies to the **JRuby** implementation of Nokogiri `< 1.13.4`. ## Mitigation Upgrade to Nokogiri `>= 1.13.4`. ## Impact ### [CVE-2022-24839](https://github.com/sparklemotion/nekohtml/security/advisories/GHSA-9849-p7jc-9rmv) in nekohtml - **Severity**: High 7.5 - **Type**: [CWE-400](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption - **Description**: The fork of `org.cyberneko.html` used by Nokogiri (Rubygem) raises a `java.lang.OutOfMemoryError` exception when parsing ill-formed HTML markup. - **See also**: [GHSA-9849-p7jc-9rmv](https://github.com/sparklemotion/nekohtml/security/advisories/GHSA-9849-p7jc-9rmv)

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