#VU38656 Uncontrolled Recursion in LibSass - CVE-2017-11556

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#VU38656 Uncontrolled Recursion in LibSass - CVE-2017-11556

Published: July 23, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU38656
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2017-11556
CWE-ID: CWE-674
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
LibSass
Software vendor:
Sass

Description

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

There is a stack consumption vulnerability in the Parser::advanceToNextToken function in parser.cpp in LibSass 3.4.5. A crafted input may lead to remote denial of service.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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