High severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 11, 2022· Updated Sep 3, 2024
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in Nokogiri
CVE-2022-24836
Description
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.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
nokogiriRubyGems | < 1.13.4 | 1.13.4 |
Affected products
13- ghsa-coords12 versionspkg:gem/nokogiripkg:rpm/opensuse/ruby3.2-rubygem-nokogiri&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/rubygem-nokogiri&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/rubygem-nokogiri&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/rubygem-nokogiri&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/rubygem-nokogiri&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015pkg:rpm/suse/rubygem-nokogiri&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/rubygem-nokogiri&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/rubygem-nokogiri&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/rubygem-nokogiri&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/rubygem-nokogiri&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/rubygem-nokogiri&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
< 1.13.4+ 11 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.4
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.9-1.7
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.5-150000.3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.5-150400.14.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.4-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.5-150000.3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.5-150000.3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.5-150000.3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.5-150000.3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.5-150400.14.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.1-5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.1-5.6.1
- Range: < 1.13.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
18- github.com/advisories/GHSA-crjr-9rc5-ghw8ghsaADVISORY
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DHCOWMA5PQTIQIMDENA7R2Y5BDYAIYM/mitrevendor-advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OUPLBUZVM4WPFSXBEP2JS3R6LMKRTLFC/mitrevendor-advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XMDCWRQXJQ3TFSETPCEFMQ6RR6ME5UA3/mitrevendor-advisory
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24836ghsaADVISORY
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-29ghsavendor-advisoryWEB
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23ghsamailing-listWEB
- github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2022-24836.ymlghsaWEB
- github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/commit/e444525ef1634b675cd1cf52d39f4320ef0aecfdghsaWEB
- github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/releases/tag/v1.13.4ghsaWEB
- github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-crjr-9rc5-ghw8ghsaWEB
- groups.google.com/g/ruby-security-ann/c/vX7qSjsvWis/m/TJWN4oOKBwAJghsaWEB
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00013.htmlghsamailing-listWEB
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00018.htmlghsamailing-listWEB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DHCOWMA5PQTIQIMDENA7R2Y5BDYAIYMghsaWEB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OUPLBUZVM4WPFSXBEP2JS3R6LMKRTLFCghsaWEB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XMDCWRQXJQ3TFSETPCEFMQ6RR6ME5UA3ghsaWEB
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213532ghsaWEB
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