gURLChecker HTML Parser Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:8348

Info

gURLChecker HTML Parser Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8348
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 05 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 05 2003 12:00AM
Credit: This issue was announced in the product changelog.
Vulnerable: gURLChecker gURLChecker 0.6 .0-pre2
gURLChecker gURLChecker 0.6 .0-pre1
Not Vulnerable: gURLChecker gURLChecker 0.6 .0-pre3

Discussion

gURLChecker HTML Parser Denial Of Service Vulnerability

gURLChecker is reported to be prone to a denial of service vulnerability. This issue is exposed when the HTML parser included with the software encounters specifically malformed HTML tags of excessive length. This could be exploited to cause gURLChecker to crash.

Though unconfirmed, this condition could result in memory corruption, and allow for execution of arbitrary code.

References

gURLChecker HTML Parser Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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