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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2009-3627

Modified

Source-secalert@redhat.com

Published At-29 Oct, 2009 | 14:30

Updated At-17 Aug, 2017 | 01:31

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.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	2.0	4.3	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 4.3

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

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

CPE Matches

derrick_oswald>>html-parser>>Versions up to 3.54(inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

derrick_oswald>>html-parser>>1.00

cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

derrick_oswald>>html-parser>>1.1

cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

derrick_oswald>>html-parser>>1.2

cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

derrick_oswald>>html-parser>>1.3

cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

derrick_oswald>>html-parser>>1.4

cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

derrick_oswald>>html-parser>>1.5

cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

derrick_oswald>>html-parser>>1.6

cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

derrick_oswald>>html-parser>>1.41

cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

derrick_oswald>>html-parser>>1.42

cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-20	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

CWE ID: CWE-20

Type: Primary

Source: nvd@nist.gov

Vendor Statements

Organization : Red Hat

Last Modified : 2009-11-19T00:00:00

This issue does not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5. This flaw can only lead to a denial of service if perl-HTML-Parser is used in conjunction with perl 5.10.1. If perl-HTML-Parser is used with earlier versions of perl, this flaw does not lead to a denial of service.

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://github.com/gisle/html-parser/commit/b9aae1e43eb2c8e989510187cff0ba3e996f9a4c	secalert@redhat.com	N/A
http://secunia.com/advisories/37155	secalert@redhat.com	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/9	secalert@redhat.com	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36807	secalert@redhat.com	Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3022	secalert@redhat.com	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530604	secalert@redhat.com	N/A
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53941	secalert@redhat.com	N/A
https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225	secalert@redhat.com	Patch