CVE-2017-12964 Denial of service in n/a
A stack consumption flaw in LibSass allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-12964?
CVE-2017-12964 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-674
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12964?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libsass Libsass.
How do I fix CVE-2017-12964?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-12964 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2017-12964 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12964 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-686h-rpgm-xjj6, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12964.