Headline
GHSA-r3w4-36x6-7r99: Nokogiri updates packaged libxml2 to v2.12.7 to resolve CVE-2024-34459
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
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Nokogiri updates packaged libxml2 to v2.12.7 to resolve CVE-2024-34459
Low severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 14, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 14, 2024
Package
Affected versions
< 1.16.5
Description
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 14, 2024
Last updated
May 14, 2024