CVE-2017-9050 (Medium) detected in nokogiri-1.5.11.gem

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CVE-2017-9050 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - nokogiri-1.5.11.gem

Nokogiri (�) is an HTML, XML, SAX, and Reader parser. Among Nokogiri's many features is the ability to search documents via XPath or CSS3 selectors.

XML is like violence - if it doesn�t solve your problems, you are not using
enough of it.

Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/nokogiri-1.5.11.gem

Path to dependency file: /vagrant/chef/cookbooks/apt/Gemfile.lock

Path to vulnerable library: /tmp/containerbase/cache/.ruby/cache/nokogiri-1.5.11.gem,/tmp/containerbase/cache/.ruby/cache/nokogiri-1.5.11.gem

Dependency Hierarchy:

• guard-foodcritic-1.0.3.gem (Root Library)
  • foodcritic-3.0.3.gem
    • ❌ nokogiri-1.5.11.gem (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 4d4d8b25d41ea632109b5a3585587d2bf861b5d6

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

libxml2 20904-GITv2.9.4-16-g0741801 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the xmlDictAddString function in dict.c. This vulnerability causes programs that use libxml2, such as PHP, to crash. This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-1839.

Publish Date: 2017-05-18

URL: CVE-2017-9050

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9050

Release Date: 2017-05-18

Fix Resolution: 2.9.5

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