MEDIUM 6.5
GHSA-882p-jqgm-f45g
Uncontrolled resource consumption in nokogiri
Details
The xz_head function in xzlib.c in libxml2 before 2.9.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted LZMA file, because the decoder functionality does not restrict memory usage to what is required for a legitimate file.
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Affected packages
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18258 [ADVISORY]
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=e2a9122b8dde53d320750451e9907a7dcb2ca8bb [WEB]
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-882p-jqgm-f45g [ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2017-18258.yml [WEB]
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10284 [WEB]
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00035.html [WEB]
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html [WEB]
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190719-0001 [WEB]
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1 [WEB]