Vulnerability identifier: #VU38455
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-125
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.
There is an illegal address access in Sass::Eval::operator() in eval.cpp of LibSass 3.4.5, leading to a remote denial of service attack. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2017-11555 but remains exploitable after the vendor's CVE-2017-11555 fix (available from GitHub after 2017-07-24).
Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
LibSass: 3.4.5
External links
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482335
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.