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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201707-13 ] libcroco: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2017 20:50:58
Message-Id: 24f61a1a-63b4-6f9c-e6f8-f87eae53148d@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: libcroco: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: July 09, 2017
10 Bugs: #618012
11 ID: 201707-13
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libcroco, the worst of
19 which may have unspecified impacts.
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21 Background
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24 libcroco is a standalone CSS2 parsing and manipulation library.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 dev-libs/libcroco < 0.6.12-r1 >= 0.6.12-r1
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34 Description
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37 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libcroco. Please
38 review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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40 Impact
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43 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted CSS
44 file possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition or other
45 unspecified impacts.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All libcroco users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libcroco-0.6.12-r1"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2017-7960
64 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7960
65 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-7961
66 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7961
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68 Availability
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71 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
72 the Gentoo Security Website:
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74 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-13
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76 Concerns?
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79 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
80 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
81 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
82 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
83 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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85 License
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88 Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
89 belongs to its owner(s).
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91 The contents of this document are licensed under the
92 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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94 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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