CVE-2008-5185

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5185
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-5185.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-5185
Published
2008-11-21T02:30:00Z
Modified
2025-04-09T00:30:58Z
Downstream
Summary
[none]
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 "<".

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / geshi

Package

Name
geshi
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/geshi?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.8.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:12 / geshi

Package

Name
geshi
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/geshi?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.8.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:13 / geshi

Package

Name
geshi
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/geshi?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.8.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}