CVE-2008-5185
CVE-2008-5185
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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 "<".
EPSS 3.9% · Public exploit · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
Original sources
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32377
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46769
- http://geshi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/geshi/trunk/geshi-1.0.X/src/geshi.php?r1=1321&r2=1322&view=patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/4
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5185