CVE-2023-24038

The HTML-StripScripts module through 1.06 for Perl allows _hss_attval_style ReDoS because of catastrophic backtracking for HTML content with certain style attributes.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/clintongormley/perl-html-stripscripts/issues/3	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00036.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4MYD5PFRUUB4VVY52I5KA3RQ7SQOD7YM/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ASDRHN2MLGL2HGBUNDZG4YLUWW6NSUKD/
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5339
https://github.com/clintongormley/perl-html-stripscripts/issues/3	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00036.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4MYD5PFRUUB4VVY52I5KA3RQ7SQOD7YM/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ASDRHN2MLGL2HGBUNDZG4YLUWW6NSUKD/
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5339

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:html-stripscripts_project:html-stripscripts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

02 Apr 2025, 16:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-1333

Information

Published : 2023-01-21 01:15

Updated : 2025-04-02 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-24038

Mitre link : CVE-2023-24038

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-24038

JSON object : View

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

html-stripscripts_project

html-stripscripts

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other CWE-1333

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

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