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GitHub Advisory DatabaseGHSA-R95H-9X8F-R3F7

HistoryMay 13, 2024 - 4:05 p.m.

Nokogiri updates packaged libxml2 to v2.12.7 to resolve CVE-2024-34459

2024-05-1316:05:42

CWE-120

GitHub Advisory Database

github.com

nokogiri

libxml2

v2.12.7

cve-2024-34459

security

update

6.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0 Low

EPSS

Percentile

0.0%

JSON

Summary

Nokogiri v1.16.5 upgrades its dependency libxml2 to 2.12.7 from 2.12.6.

libxml2 v2.12.7 addresses CVE-2024-34459:

described at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720
patched by https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/2876ac53

Impact

There is no impact to Nokogiri users because the issue is present only in libxml2’s xmllint tool which Nokogiri does not provide or expose.

Timeline

2024-05-13 05:57 EDT, libxml2 2.12.7 release is announced
2024-05-13 08:30 EDT, nokogiri maintainers begin triage
2024-05-13 10:05 EDT, nokogiri v1.16.5 is released and this GHSA made public

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

github_advisory_databasenokogiriRange<1.16.5

CPENameOperatorVersion
nokogirilt1.16.5

CPE	Name	Operator	Version
	nokogiri	lt	1.16.5

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-r95h-9x8f-r3f7

github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/GHSA-r95h-9x8f-r3f7.yml

github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/releases/tag/v1.16.5

github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-r95h-9x8f-r3f7

gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/2876ac53

gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720