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CVE-2019-13117

Uninitialized read in Nokogiri gem

Impact

In numbers.c in libxslt 1.1.33, an xsl:number with certain format strings could lead to a uninitialized read in xsltNumberFormatInsertNumbers. This could allow an attacker to discern whether a byte on the stack contains the characters A, a, I, i, or 0, or any other character.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
rubygemsnokogiri< 1.10.51.10.5

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
XmlsoftLibxslt
Version 1.1.33
DebianDebian Linux
Version 8.0
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.04, 19.10
FedoraprojectFedora
Version 31
OpensuseLeap
Version 15.1
OracleOpenjdk
Version 8

Weakness classification

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