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CVE-2017-5029

UNKNOWN
Published 2017-04-24T23:00:00
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Description

The xsltAddTextString function in transform.c in libxslt 1.1.29, as used in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows, and Linux and 57.0.2987.108 for Android, lacked a check for integer overflow during a size calculation, which allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page.

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GitHub Security Advisories

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✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH

Nokogiri implementation of libxslt lacks integer overflow checks

GHSA-pf6m-fxpq-fg8v

Advisory Details

The xsltAddTextString function in transform.c in libxslt 1.1.29, as used in Nokogiri prior to 1.7.2, lacked a check for integer overflow during a size calculation, which allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page.

Affected Packages

RubyGems nokogiri
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <1.7.2

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5029
WEB https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1634
WEB https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=08ab2774b870de1c7b5a48693df75e8154addae5
ADVISORY https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pf6m-fxpq-fg8v
WEB https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2017-5029.yml
PACKAGE https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri
WEB https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5029
WEB https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3271-1

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: July 31, 2018, Modified: July 3, 2023

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=08ab2774b870de1c7b5a48693df75e8154addae5
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038157
https://crbug.com/676623
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3810
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96767
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0499.html
Published: 2017-04-24T23:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T14:47:44.300Z
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