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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66152
Category:FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:FreeBSD Ports: p5-HTML-Parser
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The following package is affected: p5-HTML-Parser

CVE-2009-3627
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.

Solution:
Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.

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
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