| Name | CVE-2009-3627 |
| Description | The decode_entities function in util.c in HTML-Parser before 3.63 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an incomplete SGML numeric character reference, which triggers generation of an invalid UTF-8 character. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1923-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 552531 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libhtml-parser-perl (PTS) | bullseye | 3.75-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.81-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 3.83-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libhtml-parser-perl | source | etch | 3.55-1+etch1 | DSA-1923-1 | ||
| libhtml-parser-perl | source | lenny | 3.56-1+lenny1 | DSA-1923-1 | ||
| libhtml-parser-perl | source | (unstable) | 3.64-1 | 552531 |
http://secunia.com/advisories/37155/