1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2695-1

USN-2695-1: HTML Tidy vulnerabilities

Publication date

29 July 2015

Overview

HTML Tidy could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted data.

Releases

Packages

  • tidy - HTML syntax checker and reformatter

Details

Fernando Muñoz discovered that HTML Tidy incorrectly handled memory. If a
user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted
data, applications linked against HTML Tidy could be made to crash, leading
to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Fernando Muñoz discovered that HTML Tidy incorrectly handled memory. If a
user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted
data, applications linked against HTML Tidy could be made to crash, leading
to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
15.04 vivid libtidy-0.99-0 –  20091223cvs-1.4ubuntu0.1
14.04 trusty libtidy-0.99-0 –  20091223cvs-1.2ubuntu1.1
12.04 precise libtidy-0.99-0 –  20091223cvs-1ubuntu2.1

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