CVE-2017-15412: Denial of Service

August 28, 2018 (updated October 25, 2018)

The libxml2 binary, which is included in nokogiri, incorrectly handles certain files. An attacker can use this issue with specially constructed XML data to cause libxml2 to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.

References

cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15412
github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1714
people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-15412.html

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