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CVE-2022-24836 (High) detected in nokogiri-1.10.10.gem

mend-bolt-for-github opened this issue · 2 comments

mend-bolt-for-github commented

CVE-2022-24836 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - nokogiri-1.10.10.gem

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

Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/nokogiri-1.10.10.gem

Dependency Hierarchy:

  • html-proofer-3.17.4.gem (Root Library)
    • nokogumbo-2.0.4.gem
      • ❌ nokogiri-1.10.10.gem (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

Nokogiri is an open source XML and HTML library for Ruby. Nokogiri < v1.13.4 contains an inefficient regular expression that is susceptible to excessive backtracking when attempting to detect encoding in HTML documents. Users are advised to upgrade to Nokogiri >= 1.13.4. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Publish Date: 2022-04-11

URL: CVE-2022-24836

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

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: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-crjr-9rc5-ghw8

Release Date: 2022-04-11

Fix Resolution: nokogiri - 1.13.4

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secure-code-warrior-for-github commented

Micro-Learning Topic: Vulnerable library (Detected by phrase)

Matched on "Vulnerable Library"

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secure-code-warrior-for-github commented

Micro-Learning Topic: Inefficient regular expression (Detected by phrase)

Matched on "inefficient regular expression"

What is this? (2min video)

A regular expression that requires exponential time to match certain inputs can be a performance bottleneck, and may be vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks.

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