CVE-2008-5185 | BDVDB-2026-33510 Detail

Description#

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 "<".

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

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

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12008-11-21Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.