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GHSA-MC42-H89M-GWGP

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:18 – Updated: 2022-05-17 02:18

Details

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 "<".

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  "aliases": [
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  ],
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    "github_reviewed": false,
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  },
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  "id": "GHSA-mc42-h89m-gwgp",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T02:18:01Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T02:18:01Z",
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    },
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      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46769"
    },
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    },
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    },
    {
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CVE-2008-5185 (GCVE-0-2008-5185)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-21 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:40

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32377	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
	http://geshi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/geshi/tru…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/4	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Date Public ?

2008-11-20 00:00

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Nomenclature

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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-MC42-H89M-GWGP

CVE-2008-5185 (GCVE-0-2008-5185)

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