USN-855-1: libhtml-parser-perl vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 9.10
• Ubuntu 9.04
• Ubuntu 8.10
• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• libhtml-parser-perl -

Details

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.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 9.10

• libhtml-parser-perl - 3.61-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 9.04

• libhtml-parser-perl - 3.59-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 8.10

• libhtml-parser-perl - 3.56-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 8.04

• libhtml-parser-perl - 3.56-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 6.06

• libhtml-parser-perl - 3.48-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2009-3627