DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5185

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5185
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5185.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5185
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2008-11-21T02:30:00Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:02:56Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The highlighting functionality in geshi.php in GeSHi before 1.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an XML sequence containing an opening delimiter without a closing delimiter, as demonstrated using "<".

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / geshi

Package

Name
geshi
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/geshi?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.8.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5185.json"

Debian:13 / geshi

Package

Name
geshi
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/geshi?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.8.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5185.json"

Debian:14 / geshi

Package

Name
geshi
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/geshi?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.8.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5185.json"