Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libsass package, versions <3.4.6-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LIBSASS-514910
  • published24 Jul 2017
  • disclosed24 Jul 2017

Introduced: 24 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-11608  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 libsass to version 3.4.6-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libsass package and not the libsass package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Sass::Prelexer::re_linebreak function in lexer.cpp in LibSass 3.4.5. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.