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Package details: pkg:gem/nokogiri@2.9.4
purl pkg:gem/nokogiri@2.9.4
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Risk 4.0
Vulnerabilities affecting this package (1)
Vulnerability Summary Fixed by
VCID-wmn5-vbnk-8qbe
Aliases:
CVE-2017-9050
GHSA-8c56-cpmw-89x7
Nokogiri gem, via libxml, is affected by DoS and RCE vulnerabilities The version of libxml2 packaged with Nokogiri contains several vulnerabilities. Nokogiri has mitigated these issues by upgrading to libxml 2.9.5. It was discovered that a type confusion error existed in libxml2. An attacker could use this to specially construct XML data that could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-0663) It was discovered that libxml2 did not properly validate parsed entity references. An attacker could use this to specially construct XML data that could expose sensitive information. (CVE-2017-7375) It was discovered that a buffer overflow existed in libxml2 when handling HTTP redirects. An attacker could use this to specially construct XML data that could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7376) Marcel Böhme and Van-Thuan Pham discovered a buffer overflow in libxml2 when handling elements. An attacker could use this to specially construct XML data that could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-9047) Marcel Böhme and Van-Thuan Pham discovered a buffer overread in libxml2 when handling elements. An attacker could use this to specially construct XML data that could cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9048) Marcel Böhme and Van-Thuan Pham discovered multiple buffer overreads in libxml2 when handling parameter-entity references. An attacker could use these to specially construct XML data that could cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9049, CVE-2017-9050) There are no reported fixed by versions.
Vulnerabilities fixed by this package (0)
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Date Actor Action Vulnerability Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T09:21:53.514153+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-wmn5-vbnk-8qbe https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/nokogiri/CVE-2017-9050.yml 37.0.0