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OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20219-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2026-02-13 16:07 - Updated: 2026-09-16 21:33
Summary
Security update for htmldoc
Severity
Critical
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for htmldoc
Description of the patch: This update for htmldoc fixes the following issues: Changes in htmldoc: - CVE-2024-46478: Fixed buffer overflow when handling tabs through the parse_pre function (bsc#1232380). - version update to 1.9.23: * Fixed a regression in list handling that caused a crash for empty list items (Issue #553) * Fixed a regression in the number of rendered table of contents levels in PDF and PostScript output (Issue #554) - version update to 1.9.22: * Added a "--without-http" configure option to build without CUPS HTTP/HTTPS support (Issue #547) * Updated HTTP/HTTPS support to work with both CUPS 2.x and 3.x. * Updated the maximum image dimension to prevent integer overflow on 32-bit platforms (Issue #550) * Updated the HTML parser to correctly report the line number of errors in files with more than 2^32-1 lines (Issue #551) * Fixed a crash bug with certain markdown files (Issue #548) * Fixed an unrestricted recursion bug when reading and formatting HTML (Issue #552) - version update to 1.9.21 * Updated HTTP/HTTPS connection error reporting to include the reason. * Updated markdown parser. * Updated the HTTP/HTTPS connection timeout to 5 minutes (Issue #541) * Fixed a bug in the new PDF link code (Issue #536) * Fixed a bug in the number-up code (Issue #539) * Fixed a regression in leading whitespace handling (Issue #540) * Fixed a bug in numbered heading support (Issue #543) * Fixed a bug with setting the header on the first page (Issue #544) * Fixed paths in the HTMLDOC snap (Issue #545) - update to 1.9.20: * Fix a regression that caused spaces to disappear between some words * Fix resolution of relative links within a document - includes changes from 1.9.19: * Add support for ‘file’ method in links * Update markdown support code to mmd * Fix hyperlinks to subfolders * Fix export of UTF-8 HTML * Fix handling of whitespace-only nodes * Fix case sensitivity of link targets
Patchnames: openSUSE-Leap-16.0-packagehub-128
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2024-45508
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 16.0:htmldoc-1.9.23-bp160.1.1.aarch64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 16.0:htmldoc-1.9.23-bp160.1.1.ppc64le —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 16.0:htmldoc-1.9.23-bp160.1.1.s390x —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 16.0:htmldoc-1.9.23-bp160.1.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact critical
CVE-2024-46478
Affected products
Recommended 4 products, the same list as for CVE-2024-45508
Threats
Impact critical
References
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