CVE-2022-23476: Unchecked Return Value
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Nokogiri is an open source XML and HTML library for the Ruby programming language. Nokogiri 1.13.8 and 1.13.9 fail to check the return value from xmlTextReaderExpand in the method Nokogiri::XML::Reader#attribute_hash. This can lead to a null pointer exception when invalid markup is being parsed. For applications using XML::Reader to parse untrusted inputs, this may potentially be a vector for a denial of service attack. Users are advised to upgrade to Nokogiri >= 1.13.10. Users may be able to search their code for calls to either XML::Reader#attributes or XML::Reader#attribute_hash to determine if they are affected.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-qv4q-mr5r-qprj
- github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2022-23476.yml
- github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/commit/85410e38410f670cbbc8c5b00d07b843caee88ce
- github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/commit/9fe0761c47c0d4270d1a5220cfd25de080350d50
- github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-qv4q-mr5r-qprj
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23476
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