HTML Tidy could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted data.
Fernando Muñoz discovered that HTML Tidy incorrectly handled memory. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted data, applications linked against HTML Tidy could be made to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
29 July 2015
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
HTML Tidy could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted data.
Fernando Muñoz discovered that HTML Tidy incorrectly handled memory. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted data, applications linked against HTML Tidy could be made to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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