CVE-2016-1683: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

June 5, 2016 (updated October 30, 2018)

nokogiri mishandles namespace nodes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

References

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340016
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1683

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