SB2018053115 - Input validation error in ansi2html
Published: May 31, 2018 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018053115
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-9239)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
ansi2html is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) when certain types of user input is passed in.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.