Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801039
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	HTML-Parser 'decode_entities()' Denial of Service Vulnerability
Summary:	HTML-Parser is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: HTML-Parser is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The flaw is due to an error within the 'decode_entities()' function in 'utils.c', which can be exploited to cause an infinite loop by tricking an application into processing a specially crafted string using this library. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation could result in Denial of service condition. Affected Software/OS: HTML-Parser versions prior to 3.63 on Linux. Solution: Upgrade to HTML-Parser version 3.63 or later. CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-3627 36807 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36807 37155 http://secunia.com/advisories/37155 ADV-2009-3022 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3022 [oss-security] 20091023 CVE-2009-3627 assignment notification - HTML-Parser-3.63 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/9 htmlparser-decodeentities-dos(53941) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53941 http://github.com/gisle/html-parser/commit/b9aae1e43eb2c8e989510187cff0ba3e996f9a4c https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530604 https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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