Debian DSA-5471-1 : libhtmlcleaner-java - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 179424

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5471 advisory.

A security vulnerability has been discovered in libhtmlcleaner-java, a Java HTML parser library. An attacker was able to cause a denial of service (StackOverflowError) if the parser runs on user supplied input with deeply nested HTML elements. This update introduces a new nesting depth limit which can be overridden in cleaner properties. For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2.24-1+deb11u1. For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 2.26-1+deb12u1. We recommend that you upgrade your libhtmlcleaner-java packages. For the detailed security status of libhtmlcleaner-java please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security- tracker.debian.org/tracker/libhtmlcleaner-java

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the libhtmlcleaner-java packages.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 2.26-1+deb12u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179424

File Name: debian_DSA-5471.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/8/2023

Updated: 1/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-34624

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhtmlcleaner-java-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhtmlcleaner-java

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-34624

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