CVE-2008-5185
geshi - multiple issues
EPSS 3.9%
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 "<".
How to fix CVE-2008-5185
To remediate CVE-2008-5185, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/geshi—upgrade to 1.0.8.1-1 or later
- Debian/geshi—upgrade to 1.0.7.22-1+lenny1 or later
Is CVE-2008-5185 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.0.8.1-1
- from 0, < 1.0.7.22-1+lenny1