CVE-2008-5185 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via infinite loop in GeSHi library by submitting malformed XML sequences.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-5185?
CVE-2008-5185 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Nov 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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 "<".
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5185?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Geshi Geshi.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5185?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-5185 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-5185 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5185, GHSA-mc42-h89m-gwgp.