| Name | CVE-2024-25885 |
| Description | An issue in the getcolor function in utils.py of xhtml2pdf v0.2.13 allows attackers to cause a Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) via supplying a crafted string. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1084986 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xhtml2pdf (PTS) | buster | 0.2.2-2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 0.2.4-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 0.2.5-3 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 0.2.15+dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| xhtml2pdf | source | buster | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| xhtml2pdf | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1084986 |
Notes
[bookworm] - xhtml2pdf <ignored> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - xhtml2pdf <postponed> (Minor issue; can be fixed in next update)
https://gist.github.com/salvatore-abello/c88dd0027496774023ef36c7b576d206
https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/issues/783
https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/pull/784
https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/commit/1346cb39a06307f256c921938b887b525009a996