CVE-2024-25885 Affecting xhtml2pdf package, versions <0.2.16+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-XHTML2PDF-8182689
  • published11 Oct 2024
  • disclosed8 Oct 2024

Introduced: 8 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-25885  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable xhtml2pdf to version 0.2.16+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xhtml2pdf package and not the xhtml2pdf package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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.