SB2020013122 - Denial of service in librsvg

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SB2020013122 - Denial of service in librsvg

Published: January 31, 2020 Updated: February 6, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020013122
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in when processing CSS sibling combinators. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.


2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20446)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of nested patterns within SVG files in xml.rs in GNOME librsvg. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted SVG file, pass if to the affected application, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References