CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-18797

Uncontrolled Recursion

Published: Nov 06, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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LibSass 3.6.1 has uncontrolled recursion in Sass::Eval::operator()(Sass::Binary_Expression*) in eval.cpp.

Weakness

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LibsassSass-lang*3.6.1 (excluding)
LibsassUbuntubionic*
LibsassUbuntudisco*
LibsassUbuntueoan*
LibsassUbuntugroovy*
LibsassUbuntuhirsute*
LibsassUbuntuimpish*
LibsassUbuntukinetic*
LibsassUbuntulunar*
LibsassUbuntumantic*
LibsassUbuntutrusty*
LibsassUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References