CVE-2008-5185

Publication date 21 November 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

The highlighting functionality in geshi.php in GeSHi before 1.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an XML sequence containing an opening delimiter without a closing delimiter, as demonstrated using "<".

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
geshi 11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

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