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FreeBSD : p5-HTML-Parser -- denial of service (68bda678-caab-11de-a97e-be89dfd1042e)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 42414

Synopsis

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

Description

CVE reports :

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.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?64ae6c74

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 42414

File Name: freebsd_pkg_68bda678caab11dea97ebe89dfd1042e.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 11/9/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:p5-html-parser

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3627

BID: 36807

CWE: 20

Secunia: 37155