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List:       oss-security
Subject:    Re: [oss-security] CVE id request: another geshi issue (was:
From:       "Steven M. Christey" <coley () linus ! mitre ! org>
Date:       2008-11-21 1:27:25
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.4.51.0811202026300.20524 () faron ! mitre ! org
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Name: CVE-2008-5185
Status: Candidate
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5185
Reference: MLIST:[oss-security] 20081120 CVE id request: another geshi issue (was: \
                [oss-security] GeSHi: Clarification about the recent security (non-)issues \
                (SA32559))
Reference: URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/4
Reference: CONFIRM:http://geshi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/geshi/trunk/geshi-1.0.X/src/geshi.php?r1=1321&r2=1322&view=patch


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 "<".


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