The ParseValue function in lexer.c in tidy before 4.9.31 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving multiple whitespace characters before an empty href, which triggers a large memory allocation.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3309 | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/04/2 | Exploit |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/7 | Exploit |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/15/3 | |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75037 | |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703 | |
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2695-1 | Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/htacg/tidy-html5/issues/217#issuecomment-108565501 | Exploit |
https://support.apple.com/HT205212 | Third Party Advisory |
https://support.apple.com/HT205213 | Third Party Advisory |
https://support.apple.com/HT205267 | Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2015-08-11T14:00:00
Updated: 2016-12-06T18:57:01
Reserved: 2015-07-14T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-5523
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2015-08-11T14:59:15.430
Modified: 2016-12-08T03:10:07.347
Link: CVE-2015-5523
JSON object: View
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CWE