NULL pointer dereference in LibSass - CVE-2018-19797

 

NULL pointer dereference in LibSass - CVE-2018-19797

Published: December 3, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU36350
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19797
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a crafted sass input file.


Affected software

LibSass
IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator
IBM Planning Analytics Workspace
IBM Security Verify Information Queue
IBM Edge Application Manager
IBM Watson Machine Learning on CP4D
QRadar User Behavior Analytics
IBM QRadar Data Synchronization App

How to mitigate CVE-2018-19797

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

IBM Planning Analytics Workspace - update to 2.0.93
IBM Watson Machine Learning on CP4D - update to 2.6.0
IBM QRadar Data Synchronization App - update to 3.2.1
QRadar User Behavior Analytics - update to 4.1.11
IBM Security Verify Information Queue - update to 10.0.0

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