Bug 1967028 (CVE-2021-23206)

Summary:	CVE-2021-23206 htmldoc: stack-buffer-overflow in function parse_table()
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Dhananjay Arunesh <darunesh>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	extras-orphan, pahan, rdieter
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	htmldoc 1.9.12	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed:	2021-06-02 11:32:23 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1967033, 1967032
Bug Blocks:	1967031

Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2021-06-02 11:04:44 UTC

A flaw was found in htmldoc in versions prior to 1.9.12. Stack buffer overflow in parse_table(),in ps-pdf.cxx may lead to execute arbitrary code and denial of service.

Reference:
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/416

Upstream patch:
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/ba61a3ece382389ae4482c7027af8b32e8ab4cc8

Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2021-06-02 11:05:53 UTC

Created htmldoc tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1967033]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1967032]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-06-02 11:32:23 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.