🛡️ GHSA-v6gp-9mmm-c6p5 — nokogiri (CVE-2018-25032)
Description
Out-of-bounds Write in zlib affects Nokogiri
Summary
Nokogiri v1.13.4 updates the vendored zlib from 1.2.11 to 1.2.12, which addresses [CVE-2018-25032](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25032). That CVE is scored as CVSS 7.4 "High" on the NVD record as of 2022-04-05.
Please note that this advisory only applies to the CRuby implementation of Nokogiri < 1.13.4, and only if the packaged version of zlib is being used. Please see [this document](https://nokogiri.org/LICENSE-DEPENDENCIES.html#default-platform-release-ruby) for a complete description of which platform gems vendor zlib. If you've overridden defaults at installation time to use system libraries instead of packaged libraries, you should instead pay attention to your distro's zlib release announcements.
Mitigation
Upgrade to Nokogiri >= v1.13.4.
Impact
[CVE-2018-25032](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25032) in zlib
- Severity: High
- Type: [CWE-787](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html) Out of bounds write
- Description: zlib before 1.2.12 allows memory corruption when deflating (i.e., when compressing) if the input has many distant matches.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.
Weakness class
GHSA-v6gp-9mmm-c6p5 is classified as CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. Data is written past the end or before the start of a buffer, corrupting whatever is stored there.
Affected software
GHSA-v6gp-9mmm-c6p5 is recorded against 1 package.
- nokogiri (fixed in 1.13.4)
Timeline and source
Published on 11 April 2022 and last revised on 5 December 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
github.com (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Advisory)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
groups.google.com (Web)
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| nokogiri | — | 1.13.4 |
References
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