WS-2022-0334 (Medium) detected in nokogiri-1.13.6-x86_64-linux.gem - autoclosed

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WS-2022-0334 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - nokogiri-1.13.6-x86_64-linux.gem

Nokogiri (鋸) makes it easy and painless to work with XML and HTML from Ruby. It provides a sensible, easy-to-understand API for reading, writing, modifying, and querying documents. It is fast and standards-compliant by relying on native parsers like libxml2 (C) and xerces (Java).

Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/nokogiri-1.13.6-x86_64-linux.gem

Path to dependency file: /Gemfile.lock

Path to vulnerable library: /.7.0/cache/nokogiri-1.13.6-x86_64-linux.gem

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ nokogiri-1.13.6-x86_64-linux.gem (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

nokogiri up to and including 1.13.8 is affected by several vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-40303, CVE-2022-40304 and CVE-2022-2309) in the dependency bundled libxml2 library. Version 1.13.9 of nokogiri contains a patch where the dependency is upgraded with the patches as well.

Publish Date: 2022-10-18

URL: WS-2022-0334

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • 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: GHSA-2qc6-mcvw-92cw

Release Date: 2022-10-18

Fix Resolution: nokogiri - 1.13.9

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✔️ This issue was automatically closed by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the Mend inventory.