Description
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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/7 ↗
- https://support.apple.com/HT205212 ↗
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/04/2 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2695-1 ↗
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3309 ↗
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html ↗
- https://github.com/htacg/tidy-html5/issues/217#issuecomment-108565501 ↗
- https://support.apple.com/HT205213 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75037 ↗
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/15/3 ↗