CVE-2008-5185

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    CVE-2008-5185

    Published: 21 Nov 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The highlighting functionality in geshi.php in GeSHi before 1.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an XML sequence containing an opening delimiter without a closing delimiter, as demonstrated using "<".

    References: http://geshi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/geshi/trunk/geshi-1.0.X/src/geshi.php?r1=1321&r2=1322&view=patch, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/4, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32377, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46769

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High