Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202408-13

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

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

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

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

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

Impact
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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
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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.

Resolution
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All Nokogiri users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=dev-ruby/nokogiri-1.13.10”

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

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202408-13

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5