libxml as used in Nokogiri has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation
xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.10 has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation. The Nokogiri RubyGem has patched its vendored copy of libxml2 in order to prevent this issue from affecting nokogiri.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-7595US | high7.5 | — | ||
xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.10 has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation. | ||||
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references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00047.htmlWEB
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-292794.pdfWEB
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2020-7595.ymlWEB
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiriPACKAGE
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1992WEB
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/0e1a49c89076WEB
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.htmlWEB
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/545SPOI3ZPPNPX4TFRIVE4JVRTJRKULLWEB
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