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Ubuntu: 5198-1 Critical: HTMLDOC Denial of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey December 17, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The HTMLDOC flaw poses a risk of denial of service from specifically designed inputs. Ensure your Ubuntu machines are updated without delay.
HTMLDOC could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

HTMLDOC could be made to crash if it received specially crafted

input.

Software Description:

- htmldoc: HTML processor that generates indexed HTML, PS, and PDF

Details:

It was discovered that HTMLDOC improperly handled malformed URIs from an

input

html file. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update instructions ubuntu input handling htmldoc

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 21.04:
htmldoc 1.9.11-2ubuntu0.1
htmldoc-common 1.9.11-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
htmldoc 1.9.7-1ubuntu0.2
htmldoc-common 1.9.7-1ubuntu0.2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5198-1

CVE-2021-23180

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December 16, 2021

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update instructions ubuntu input handling htmldoc

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/htmldoc/1.9.11-2ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/htmldoc/1.9.7-1ubuntu0.2

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