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HistoryNov 05, 2009 - 12:00 a.m.

libhtml-parser-perl vulnerability

2009-11-0500:00:00
ubuntu.com
38

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

6.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

60.7%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 9.10
  • Ubuntu 9.04
  • Ubuntu 8.10
  • Ubuntu 8.04
  • Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

  • libhtml-parser-perl -

Details

Mark Martinec discovered that HTML::Parser incorrectly handled strings
with incomplete entities. An attacker could send specially crafted input to
applications that use HTML::Parser and cause a denial of service.

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

6.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

60.7%