Resource exhaustion in librsvg (Alpine package)
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2019-20446 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-400 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
librsvg (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
| Vendor | Alpine Linux Development Team |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion
EUVDB-ID: #VU25011
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20446
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionslibrsvg (Alpine package): 2.40.20-r0
External linkshttp://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=e3b5031082498016f420446f78bdb5251906c6aa
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=168bf00ffd975b115c247919d1907995a2e10619
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=6e26fefaecfc7f115cccd79b1b915a51b2fde85c
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=37ef17473269d8c5fe15930431d09704bebd823c
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d16ad327b5fee8ba4904fbbdd2a1d1be037de9e8
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
