CVE-2017-11555 Denial of service in n/a
A crafted input in LibSass causes an illegal address access, leading to a remote denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-11555?
CVE-2017-11555 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Jul 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
There is an illegal address access in the Eval::operator function in eval.cpp in LibSass 3.4.5. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-11555?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libsass Libsass.
How do I fix CVE-2017-11555?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-11555 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-11555 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11555, GHSA-38c9-9r7r-r27j, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11555.