Ubuntu 22.10: USN-6100-1 Critical: libhtml-stripscripts-perl DoS

ubuntu

May 24, 2023

HTML::StripScripts could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

HTML::StripScripts could be made to crash if it received specially crafted

input.

Software Description:

- libhtml-stripscripts-perl: module for removing scripts from HTML

Details:

It was discovered that HTML::StripScripts does not properly parse HTML

content with certain style attributes. A remote attacker could use this issue

to cause a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS).

Topics Covered

security advisory DoS issue ubuntu libhtml-stripscripts-perl html-stripscripts

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.10:
  libhtml-stripscripts-perl       1.06-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  libhtml-stripscripts-perl       1.06-1ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  libhtml-stripscripts-perl       1.06-1ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libhtml-stripscripts-perl       1.06-1ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
  libhtml-stripscripts-perl       1.05-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
  libhtml-stripscripts-perl       1.05-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

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