HIGH 7.5 Go
x/net/html Vulnerable to DoS During HTML Parsing
GHSA-vfw5-hrgq-h5wf · CVE-2018-17846 · GO-2020-0014
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Description
The html package (aka x/net/html) through 2018-09-25 in Go mishandles <table><math><select><mi><select></table>, leading to an infinite loop during an html.Parse call because inSelectIM and inSelectInTableIM do not comply with a specification.
References
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17846
- WEB https://github.com/golang/go/issues/27842
- WEB https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/137275
- WEB https://go.dev/issue/27842
- WEB https://go.googlesource.com/net/+/d26f9f9a57f3fab6a695bec0d84433c2c50f8bbf
- WEB https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LREEWY6KNLHRWFZ7OT4HVLMVVCGGUHON
- WEB https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UKRCI7WIOCOCD3H7NXWRGIRABTQOZOBK
- WEB https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2020-0014
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