Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66305
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-855-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'libhtml-parser-perl' package(s) announced via the USN-855-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'libhtml-parser-perl' package(s) announced via the USN-855-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Mark Martinec discovered that HTML::Parser incorrectly handled strings with incomplete entities. An attacker could send specially crafted input to applications that use HTML::Parser and cause a denial of service. Affected Software/OS: 'libhtml-parser-perl' package(s) on Ubuntu 6.06, Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 8.10, Ubuntu 9.04, Ubuntu 9.10. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). 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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