Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 619
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 619

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: USN-2695-1 Moderate: HTML Tidy Denial Of Service

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
HTML Tidy could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted data.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2695-1
July 29, 2015

tidy vulnerabilities
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

HTML Tidy could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially
crafted data.

Software Description:
- tidy: HTML syntax checker and reformatter

Details:

Fernando Muñoz discovered that HTML Tidy incorrectly handled memory. If a
user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted
data, applications linked against HTML Tidy could be made to crash, leading
to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 15.04:
  libtidy-0.99-0                  20091223cvs-1.4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libtidy-0.99-0                  20091223cvs-1.2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libtidy-0.99-0                  20091223cvs-1ubuntu2.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2695-1
  CVE-2015-5522, CVE-2015-5523

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tidy/20091223cvs-1.4ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tidy/20091223cvs-1.2ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tidy/20091223cvs-1ubuntu2.1


Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: USN-2695-1 Moderate: HTML Tidy Denial Of Service

ubuntu
Calendar Grey July 29, 2015
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The HTML Tidy software in Ubuntu has potential security flaws that could lead to system errors or unauthorized code execution stemming from improper memory management.
HTML Tidy could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted data.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.04: libtidy-0.99-0 20091223cvs-1.4ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libtidy-0.99-0 20091223cvs-1.2ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libtidy-0.99-0 20091223cvs-1ubuntu2.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2695-1

CVE-2015-5522, CVE-2015-5523

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

July 29, 2015

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tidy/20091223cvs-1.4ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tidy/20091223cvs-1.2ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tidy/20091223cvs-1ubuntu2.1

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Related News

Your message here