PT-2008-6328 · Nigel Mcnie · Geshi

Published 2008-11-21 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-5185

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GeSHi versions prior to 1.0.8

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically an infinite loop, by exploiting the highlighting functionality in geshi.php. This can be achieved by sending an XML sequence that contains an opening delimiter without a corresponding closing delimiter, such as "<".

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0.8, update to version 1.0.8 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5185

DTSA-179-1

Affected Products

Geshi

References · 9

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/32596 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5185 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5185 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5185 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5185 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32377 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46769 · Note
• http://geshi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/geshi/trunk/geshi-1.0.X/src/geshi.php?r1=1321&r2=1322&view=patch · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/4 · Note