Resource management error in Bleach - CVE-2020-6817

 

Resource management error in Bleach - CVE-2020-6817

Published: March 26, 2020 / Updated: April 7, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26415
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6817
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Bleach

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when parsing style attrbitues. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page that can result in regular expression denial of service (ReDoS).


How to mitigate CVE-2020-6817

Install updates from vendor's website.

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