USN-5438-1

It was discovered that HTMLDOC did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted HTML file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause HTMLDOC to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / htmldoc

Package

Name: htmldoc
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/htmldoc@1.9.2-1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.9.2-1ubuntu0.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.8.27-8ubuntu2

1.8.27-8ubuntu3

1.9.2-1

1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "htmldoc",
            "binary_version": "1.9.2-1ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "htmldoc-common",
            "binary_version": "1.9.2-1ubuntu0.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2021-23165",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / htmldoc

Package

Name: htmldoc
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/htmldoc@1.9.7-1ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.9.7-1ubuntu0.3

Affected versions

1.*

1.9.3-1

1.9.7-1

1.9.7-1build1

1.9.7-1ubuntu0.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "htmldoc",
            "binary_version": "1.9.7-1ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "htmldoc-common",
            "binary_version": "1.9.7-1ubuntu0.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2021-23165",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"
}