CVE-2020-7595 (High) detected in nokogiri-1.8.5.gem

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CVE-2020-7595 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - nokogiri-1.8.5.gem

Nokogiri (鋸) is an HTML, XML, SAX, and Reader parser. Among Nokogiri's many features is the ability to search documents via XPath or CSS3 selectors.

Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/nokogiri-1.8.5.gem

Dependency Hierarchy:

• foodcritic-4.0.0.gem (Root Library)
  • ❌ nokogiri-1.8.5.gem (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 991b1999b1b6de00c3a87f3a7f3bf5f1d35166b8

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.10 has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation.

Publish Date: 2020-01-21

URL: CVE-2020-7595

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7595

Release Date: 2020-01-21

Fix Resolution: nokogiri - 1.10.8