High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 21, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-24038

Description

The HTML-StripScripts module through 1.06 for Perl allows _hss_attval_style ReDoS because of catastrophic backtracking for HTML content with certain style attributes.

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Affected products

HTML Stripscripts Project/HTML Stripscripts
cpe:2.3:a:html-stripscripts_project:html-stripscripts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=1.06
Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Perl/HTML-StripScriptsdescription
Perl Foundation/HTML-StripScriptsllm-create
Range: <=1.06

Patches

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References

github.com/clintongormley/perl-html-stripscripts/issues/3nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00036.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4MYD5PFRUUB4VVY52I5KA3RQ7SQOD7YM/nvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ASDRHN2MLGL2HGBUNDZG4YLUWW6NSUKD/nvd
www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5339nvd

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