Bug 1186815 – VUL-0: CVE-2021-23180: htmldoc: null pointer dereference in function in file_extension()

Bug 1186815 - (CVE-2021-23180) VUL-0: CVE-2021-23180: htmldoc: null pointer dereference in function in file_extension()

(CVE-2021-23180)
Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2021-23180: htmldoc: null pointer dereference in function in file_...

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Classification:	Novell Products
Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	Incidents
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P3 - Medium Severity: Critical
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Assigned To:	Ruediger Oertel
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/301136/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2021-23180:9.8:(AV:...
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Reported:	2021-06-03 14:13 UTC by Gianluca Gabrielli
Modified:	2021-06-07 14:50 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Gianluca Gabrielli 2021-06-03 14:13:03 UTC

A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1.9.12. Null pointer dereference in file_extension(),in file.c may lead to execute arbitrary code and denial of service.

Reference:
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/418

Upstream patch:
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/19c582fb32eac74b57e155cffbb529377a9e751a

References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1967041
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2021-23180

Comment 1 Gianluca Gabrielli 2021-06-03 14:13:21 UTC

Affected packages:
 - SUSE:SLE-11:Update/htmldoc      1.8.27
 - openSUSE:Factory/htmldoc        1.9.11

Upstream patch [0].

[0] https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/19c582fb32eac74b57e155cffbb529377a9e751a.patch

Comment 2 Ruediger Oertel 2021-06-07 14:48:56 UTC

n/a for Factory/TW that already has 1.9.12 including the fix

not on any product for Code12, not in Code15

only maintained in SMT 11 SP3, not planning to fix there.

Comment 3 Ruediger Oertel 2021-06-07 14:50:24 UTC

19c582fb32eac74b57e155cffbb529377a9e751a is part of 1.9.12