Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting libsass package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2310-LIBSASS-6000036
  • published18 Aug 2017
  • disclosed18 Aug 2017

Introduced: 18 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12964  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:23.10 libsass.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libsass package and not the libsass package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:23.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is a stack consumption issue in LibSass 3.4.5 that is triggered in the function Sass::Eval::operator() in eval.cpp. It will lead to a remote denial of service attack.