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Gentoo GLSA-201707-13 Normal: Libcroco Multiple Risks Explored

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Calendar Grey July 9, 2017
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Enhance the libcroco library to rectify various security vulnerabilities that could lead to Denial of Service scenarios, as recommended in Gentoo GLSA-201707-13.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libcroco, the worst of which may have unspecified impacts.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libcroco. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Denial of Service normal severity libcroco CSS parsing

Resolution

All libcroco users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libcroco-0.6.12-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-7960 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7960 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-7961 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7961

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-13
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: libcroco: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 09, 2017
Bugs: #618012
ID: 201707-13

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Denial of Service normal severity libcroco CSS parsing

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libcroco, the worst of which may have unspecified impacts.

Background

libcroco is a standalone CSS2 parsing and manipulation library.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-libs/libcroco < 0.6.12-r1 >= 0.6.12-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted CSS file possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition or other unspecified impacts.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.