Vulnerability identifier: #VU30654

Vulnerability 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-2019-18797

CWE-ID: CWE-674

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
LibSass
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: Sass

Description

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

LibSass 3.6.1 has uncontrolled recursion in Sass::Eval::operator()(Sass::Binary_Expression*) in eval.cpp.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

LibSass: 3.6.0

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External links
http://github.com/sass/libsass/issues/3000

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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.