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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-3296-1 libhtml-stripscripts-perl -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

31 Jan 2023

Affected Packages:

libhtml-stripscripts-perl

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 1029400.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2023-24038.

More information:

HTML::StripScripts, a module for removing scripts from HTML, allows _hss_attval_style ReDoS because of catastrophic backtracking for HTML content with certain style attributes.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 1.06-1+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libhtml-stripscripts-perl packages.

For the detailed security status of libhtml-stripscripts-perl please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libhtml-stripscripts-perl

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS