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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2023.6483.1
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6483-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'tidy-html5' package(s) announced via the USN-6483-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'tidy-html5' package(s) announced via the USN-6483-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Neeraj Pal discovered that HTML Tidy incorrectly handled parsing certain
HTML data. If a user or automated system were tricked into parsing
specially crafted HTML data, a remote attacker could cause HTML Tidy to
consume resources, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.

Affected Software/OS:
'tidy-html5' package(s) on Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.04, Ubuntu 23.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-33391
https://github.com/htacg/tidy-html5/issues/946
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