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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.13.5+dfsg-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.13.5+dfsg-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.13.5+dfsg-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.11.1+dfsg-2+deb11u1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.13.5+dfsg-1 |
Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fixed | — |
References
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-crjr-9rc5-ghw8
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:8506
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-24836.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24836
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/commit/e444525ef1634b675cd1cf52d39f4320ef0aecfd
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2022-24836.yml
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/releases/tag/v1.13.4
- https://groups.google.com/g/ruby-security-ann/c/vX7qSjsvWis/m/TJWN4oOKBwAJ?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00013.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00018.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DHCOWMA5PQTIQIMDENA7R2Y5BDYAIYM
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OUPLBUZVM4WPFSXBEP2JS3R6LMKRTLFC
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XMDCWRQXJQ3TFSETPCEFMQ6RR6ME5UA3
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-29
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213532
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-24836
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.