PT-2023-1551 · Unknown+2 · Html-Stripscripts+2

Ikeda Soji · Published 2023-01-20 · Updated 2025-04-02 · CVE-2023-24038

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions HTML-StripScripts versions 1.06 and earlier

Description The issue is related to the hss attval style function in the HTML-StripScripts module, which allows ReDoS (Regular expression Denial of Service) due to catastrophic backtracking when processing HTML content with certain style attributes. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For versions 1.06 and earlier, consider disabling the hss attval style function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to HTML content with certain style attributes to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1333

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-01007

CVE-2023-24038

DLA-3296-1

DSA-5339-1

MGASA-2023-0096

USN-6100-1

Affected Products

Html-Stripscripts

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

References · 34

• 🔥 https://github.com/clintongormley/perl-html-stripscripts/issues/3 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6100-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5339 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3296-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ASDRHN2MLGL2HGBUNDZG4YLUWW6NSUKD · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-24038 · Security Note
• https://debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3296 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-24038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-24038 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-24038 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5339-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/693104 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-01007 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-24038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libhtml-stripscripts-perl · Vendor Advisory