SB2019072139 - Out-of-bounds read in libcroco (Alpine package)
Published: July 21, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019072139
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7960)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the cr_input_new_from_uri function in cr-input.c in libcroco. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted CSS file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=1e378edcf6caaa3ed5646459e4c8a47234afa01a
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=3753b9e3f39d049e7c6c6664bbed67a0f2bef958
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=85c36973699d153bb24ba142388731920ae19b92
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ac4f22e825980b99d4fd80cb49d11ff7be0e3e3a
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=fdbea192e0aafd3afbdcd17d061efff9de618664