SafeHTML Lets Users Bypass the Filtering With Decimal HTML Entities and \x00 Symbols
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1013315
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1013315
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CVE Reference: GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Feb 28 2005
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Impact: Modification of system information, Modification of user information
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 1.3.0
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in SafeHTML. The software may not properly filter certain HTML codes.
The software may not properly filter decimal HTML entities and code containing the \x00 symbol. As a result, potentially malicious code may not be properly prevented by SafeHTML.
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Impact: The software may fail to block malicious HTML code.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fixed version (1.3.0 and later), available at:
http://pixel-apes.com/safehtml/
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Vendor URL: pixel-apes.com/safehtml/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Input validation error, State error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:31:10 -0500
Subject: http://pixel-apes.com/safehtml/
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> Two security holes with decimal HTML entities and with the \x00 symbol were fixed.
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