Input validation error in LibSass - CVE-2017-11342

 

Input validation error in LibSass - CVE-2017-11342

Published: July 17, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU38698
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11342
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Sass
Affected software:
LibSass

Detailed vulnerability description

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

There is an illegal address access in ast.cpp of LibSass 3.4.5. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-11342

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources