CVE-2015-5523: Buffer Overflow
First published: Tue Aug 11 2015(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =12.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =15.04 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =7.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
| Apple iPhone OS | <=8.2 | |
| Apple Mac OS X | <=10.6.8 | |
| Apple watchOS | <=1.0.1 | |
| HTACG Tidy | <=4.9.30 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3309
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/04/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/15/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75037
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2695-1
- https://github.com/htacg/tidy-html5/issues/217#issuecomment-108565501
- https://support.apple.com/HT205212
- https://support.apple.com/HT205213
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267
- agent/references
- agent/type
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/description
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/event
- agent/source
- vendor/canonical
- canonical/canonical ubuntu linux
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/12.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/14.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/15.04
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/7.0
- version/debian debian linux/8.0
- vendor/apple
- canonical/apple iphone os
- version/apple iphone os/8.2
- canonical/apple mac os x
- version/apple mac os x/10.6.8
- canonical/apple watchos
- version/apple watchos/1.0.1
- vendor/htacg
- canonical/htacg tidy
- version/htacg tidy/4.9.30