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Debian 7: DLA-909-1 Critical: Libcroco Buffer Over-Read Denial of Service

debian lts
Calendar Grey April 23, 2017
Dist Debian Esm H88
A heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability identified in libcroco can result in a denial of service condition when exploited through specially crafted CSS files sent remotely.
CVE-2017-7960 A heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability could be triggered remotely via a crafted CSS file to cause a denial of service

Summary

A heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability could be triggered
remotely via a crafted CSS file to cause a denial of service.

CVE-2017-7961

An "outside the range of representable values of type long"
undefined behavior issue was found in libcroco, which might
allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application
crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted
CSS file.

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
0.6.6-2+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libcroco packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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Package: libcroco
Version: 0.6.6-2+deb7u1
CVE ID: CVE-2017-7960 CVE-2017-7961
Debian Bug: 860961

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