Ubuntu: USN-1234-1 Severe: HTML Parser Vulnerability Exploit
debian
July 18, 2015
Fernando Muñoz discovered that invalid HTML input passed to tidy, an HTML syntax checker and reformatter, could trigger a buffer overflow
Summary
Geoff McLane also discovered that a similar issue could trigger an
integer overflow, leading to a memory allocation of 4GB. This could
allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by saturating the
target's memory.
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed
in version 20091223cvs-1.2+deb7u1.
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 20091223cvs-1.4+deb8u1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your tidy packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: tidy
CVE ID: CVE-2015-5522 CVE-2015-5523
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