CVE-2009-3627

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None
Description
The decode_entities function in util.c in HTML-Parser before 3.63 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an incomplete SGML numeric character reference, which triggers generation of an invalid UTF-8 character.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2009-3627
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2009-10-29T14:30:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-17T01:31:12
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.54
cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:derrick_oswald:html-parser:1.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/9 Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/37155 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36807 Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530604
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3022 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://github.com/gisle/html-parser/commit/b9aae1e43eb2c8e989510187cff0ba3e996f9a4c
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53941
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3627
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3627
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:00:06 Added to TrackCVE