CVE-2015-5523

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
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
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
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:htacg:tidy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:33

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () 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/msg00001.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () 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/msg00005.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3309 - Third Party Advisory () http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3309 - Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/04/2 - Exploit () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/04/2 - Exploit
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/7 - Exploit () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/7 - Exploit
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/15/3 - () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/15/3 -
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75037 - () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75037 -
References () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703 - () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703 -
References () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2695-1 - Third Party Advisory () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2695-1 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/htacg/tidy-html5/issues/217#issuecomment-108565501 - Exploit () https://github.com/htacg/tidy-html5/issues/217#issuecomment-108565501 - Exploit
References () https://support.apple.com/HT205212 - Third Party Advisory () https://support.apple.com/HT205212 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://support.apple.com/HT205213 - Third Party Advisory () https://support.apple.com/HT205213 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://support.apple.com/HT205267 - Third Party Advisory () https://support.apple.com/HT205267 - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2015-08-11 14:59

Updated : 2024-11-21 02:33


NVD link : CVE-2015-5523

Mitre link : CVE-2015-5523

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-5523


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

apple

  • mac_os_x
  • iphone_os
  • watchos

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

htacg

  • tidy
CWE
CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer