Nokogiri updates packaged libxml2 to v2.10.4 to resolve multiple CVEs
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.
Summary
### Summary Nokogiri v1.14.3 upgrades the packaged version of its dependency libxml2 to [v2.10.4](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.10.4) from v2.10.3. libxml2 v2.10.4 addresses the following known vulnerabilities: - [CVE-2023-29469](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-29469): Hashing of empty dict strings isn't deterministic - [CVE-2023-28484](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-28484): Fix null deref in xmlSchemaFixupComplexType - Schemas: Fix null-pointer-deref in xmlSchemaCheckCOSSTDerivedOK Please note that this advisory only applies to the CRuby implementation of Nokogiri `< 1.14.3`, and only if the _packaged_ libraries are being used. If you've overridden defaults at installation time to use _system_ libraries instead of packaged libraries, you should instead pay attention to your distro's `libxml2` release announcements. ### Mitigation Upgrade to Nokogiri `>= 1.14.3`. Users who are unable to upgrade Nokogiri may also choose a more complicated mitigation: compile and link Nokogiri against external libraries libxml2 `>= 2.10.4` which will also address these same issues. ### Impact No public information has yet been published about the security-related issues other than the upstream commits. Examination of those changesets indicate that the more serious issues relate to libxml2 dereferencing NULL pointers and potentially segfaulting while parsing untrusted inputs. The commits can be examined at: - [[CVE-2023-29469] Hashing of empty dict strings isn't deterministic (09a2dd45) · Commits · GNOME / libxml2 · GitLab](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/09a2dd453007f9c7205274623acdd73747c22d64) - [[CVE-2023-28484] Fix null deref in xmlSchemaFixupComplexType (647e072e) · Commits · GNOME / libxml2 · GitLab](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/647e072ea0a2f12687fa05c172f4c4713fdb0c4f) - [schemas: Fix null-pointer-deref in xmlSchemaCheckCOSSTDerivedOK (4c6922f7) · Commits · GNOME / libxml2 · GitLab](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/4c6922f763ad958c48ff66f82823ae21f2e92ee6)
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nokogiri (RubyGems) | before 1.14.3 | 1.14.3 | Patch available | GHSA-pxvg-2qj5-37jq |
- nokogiri (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected before 1.14.3 Fixed in 1.14.3 Patch available GHSA-pxvg-2qj5-37jq
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-pxvg-2qj5-37jq nokogiri (RubyGems) Fixed in 1.14.3 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-pxvg-2qj5-37jq
References
Other 8
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-pxvg-2qj5-37jq
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-28484
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-29469
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/09a2dd453007f9c7205274623acdd73747c22d64
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/4c6922f763ad958c48ff66f82823ae21f2e92ee6
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/647e072ea0a2f12687fa05c172f4c4713fdb0c4f
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.10.4
Sources
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