ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-2015-5523

The ParseValue function in lexer.c in tidy before 4.9.31 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving multiple whitespace characters before an empty href, which triggers a large memory allocation.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
Published
Modified
NVD detailAll CVEs

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource

References

  1. http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
  2. http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html
  3. http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
  4. http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3309
  5. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/04/2
  6. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/7
  7. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/15/3
  8. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75037
  9. http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703
  10. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2695-1
  11. https://github.com/htacg/tidy-html5/issues/217#issuecomment-108565501
  12. https://support.apple.com/HT205212
  13. https://support.apple.com/HT205213
  14. https://support.apple.com/HT205267
  15. http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
  16. http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html
  17. http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
  18. http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3309
  19. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/04/2
  20. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/7