MGASA-2019-0389 - Updated libcroco packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 15 Dec 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0389.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2017-7960,
     CVE-2017-7961,
     CVE-2017-8834,
     CVE-2017-8871

Updated libcroco packages fix security vulnerabilities:

Heap overflow (input: check end of input before reading a byte)
(CVE-2017-7960).

Undefined behavior (tknzr: support only max long rgb values)
(CVE-2017-7961).

Denial of service (memory allocation error) via a crafted CSS file
(CVE-2017-8834).

Denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted CSS
file (CVE-2017-8871).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21057
- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7960
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7961
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8834
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8871

SRPMS:
- 7/core/libcroco-0.6.13-1.1.mga7

Mageia 2019-0389: libcroco security update

Updated libcroco packages fix security vulnerabilities: Heap overflow (input: check end of input before reading a byte) (CVE-2017-7960)

Summary

Updated libcroco packages fix security vulnerabilities:
Heap overflow (input: check end of input before reading a byte) (CVE-2017-7960).
Undefined behavior (tknzr: support only max long rgb values) (CVE-2017-7961).
Denial of service (memory allocation error) via a crafted CSS file (CVE-2017-8834).
Denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted CSS file (CVE-2017-8871).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21057

- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7960

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7961

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8834

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8871

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0389 - Updated libcroco packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/libcroco-0.6.13-1.1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 15 Dec 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0389.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2017-7960, CVE-2017-7961, CVE-2017-8834, CVE-2017-8871

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