Ubuntu 6100-1: HTML::StripScripts vulnerability

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Ubuntu 6100-1: HTML::StripScripts vulnerability

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6100-1
May 23, 2023 libhtml-stripscripts-perl vulnerability
========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) Summary: HTML::StripScripts could be made to crash if it received specially crafted
input. Software Description:
- libhtml-stripscripts-perl: module for removing scripts from HTML Details: It was discovered that HTML::StripScripts does not properly parse HTML
content with certain style attributes. A remote attacker could use this issue
to cause a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS). Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions: Ubuntu 22.10: libhtml-stripscripts-perl 1.06-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: libhtml-stripscripts-perl 1.06-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libhtml-stripscripts-perl 1.06-1ubuntu0.20.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libhtml-stripscripts-perl 1.06-1ubuntu0.18.04.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): libhtml-stripscripts-perl 1.05-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): libhtml-stripscripts-perl 1.05-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6100-1 CVE-2023-24038 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libhtml-stripscripts-perl/1.06-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libhtml-stripscripts-perl/1.06-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libhtml-stripscripts-perl/1.06-1ubuntu0.20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libhtml-stripscripts-perl/1.06-1ubuntu0.18.04.1

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