Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2024.6958.1
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6958-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'libcroco' package(s) announced via the USN-6958-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'libcroco' package(s) announced via the USN-6958-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: It was discovered that Libcroco was incorrectly accessing data structures when reading bytes from memory, which could cause a heap buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-7960) It was discovered that Libcroco was incorrectly handling invalid UTF-8 values when processing CSS files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-8834, CVE-2017-8871) It was discovered that Libcroco was incorrectly implementing recursion in one of its parsing functions, which could cause an infinite recursion loop and a stack overflow due to stack consumption. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-12825) Affected Software/OS: 'libcroco' package(s) on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.1 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-7960 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-13 https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/17/libcroco-heap-overflow-and-undefined-behavior/ https://git.gnome.org/browse/libcroco/commit/?id=898e3a8c8c0314d2e6b106809a8e3e93cf9d4394 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:1575 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00043.html Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-8834 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42147/ https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=782647 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/13/3 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-8871 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=782649 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-12825 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-33 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libcroco/-/issues/8 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/08/3
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