Debian Security Advisory
DSA-5471-1 libhtmlcleaner-java -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 07 Aug 2023
- Affected Packages:
- libhtmlcleaner-java
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2023-34624.
- More information:
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A security vulnerability has been discovered in libhtmlcleaner-java, a Java HTML parser library. An attacker was able to cause a denial of service (StackOverflowError) if the parser runs on user supplied input with deeply nested HTML elements. This update introduces a new nesting depth limit which can be overridden in cleaner properties.
For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2.24-1+deb11u1.
For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 2.26-1+deb12u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libhtmlcleaner-java packages.
For the detailed security status of libhtmlcleaner-java please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libhtmlcleaner-java