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Ubuntu: USN-5198-1 (CVE-2021-23180): HTMLDOC vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-5198-1 (CVE-2021-23180): HTMLDOC vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/16/2021
Created
12/28/2021
Added
12/17/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1.9.12 and before. Null pointer dereference in file_extension(),in file.c may lead to execute arbitrary code and denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-htmldoc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-htmldoc-common

References

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