SUSE update for libcroco

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU27951

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12825

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources caused by excessive recursion in cr_parser_parse_any_core in cr-parser.c. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package libcroco to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE MicroOS: 5.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem: 15-SP2 - 15-SP3

libcroco-0_6-3-32bit-debuginfo: before 0.6.13-3.3.1

libcroco-0_6-3-32bit: before 0.6.13-3.3.1

libcroco-devel: before 0.6.13-3.3.1

libcroco: before 0.6.13-3.3.1

libcroco-debugsource: before 0.6.13-3.3.1

libcroco-debuginfo: before 0.6.13-3.3.1

libcroco-0_6-3-debuginfo: before 0.6.13-3.3.1

libcroco-0_6-3: before 0.6.13-3.3.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20213123-1/

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.