DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17497

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17497

    Published: 10 Dec 2017Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17497

    Summary:

    Details: In Tidy 5.7.0, the prvTidyTidyMetaCharset function in clean.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Segmentation Fault), because the currentNode variable in the "children of the head" processing feature is modified in the loop without validating the new value.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17497

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tidy-html5

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/tidy-html5?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:5.6.0-3

    Affected versions

    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