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CVE-2015-8806 — Vulnerability in nokogiri — CVE Details

HIGH

Denial of service or RCE from libxml2 and libxslt

Published September 17, 2018Updated February 16, 2024Source: osv

Summary

Nokogiri is affected by series of vulnerabilities in libxml2 and libxslt, which are libraries Nokogiri depends on. It was discovered that libxml2 and libxslt incorrectly handled certain malformed documents, which can allow malicious users to cause issues ranging from denial of service to remote code execution attacks.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published September 17, 2018 (2947 days ago).
  • Last revised February 16, 2024 — 1977 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Bundler
Update nokogiri to 1.6.8 or later
gem install nokogiri -v 1.6.8

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: rubygems (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
nokogiri
rubygems
1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.2.1 (+24 more)1.6.8

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

  • CWE-125
    Out-of-bounds ReadMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 7.5 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2015-8806?
Denial of service or RCE from libxml2 and libxslt This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of HIGH (CVSS score: 7.5/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2015-8806?
CVE-2015-8806 affects nokogiri. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2015-8806 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
7.5

High exploitability or significant impact. Prioritize remediation within days.

Also Known As

GHSA-7hp2-xwpj-95jq

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