medium4.3
CVE-2009-3627
The decode_entities function in util.c in HTML-Parser before 3.63 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an incomp…
Impact
The decode_entities function in util.c in HTML-Parser before 3.63 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an incomplete SGML numeric character reference, which triggers generation of an invalid UTF-8 character.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Derrick Oswald | Html-Parser | through 3.54 Versions 1.00, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://github.com/gisle/html-parser/commit/b9aae1e43eb2c8e989510187cff0ba3e996f9a4c
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37155
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36807
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3022
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530604
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53941
- https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225
- http://github.com/gisle/html-parser/commit/b9aae1e43eb2c8e989510187cff0ba3e996f9a4c
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37155
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36807
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3022
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530604
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53941
- https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225