Bug 1706031 (CVE-2018-20822)

Summary:	CVE-2018-20822 libsass: DoS in Sass::Complex_Selector::perform in ast.hpp and Sass::Inspect::operator in inspect.cpp
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Dhananjay Arunesh <darunesh>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	aurelien, fmuellner
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Bug Depends On:	1706051, 1706052
Bug Blocks:	1706049

Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-05-03 12:18:00 UTC

LibSass 3.5.4 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (uncontrolled recursion in Sass::Complex_Selector::perform in ast.hpp and Sass::Inspect::operator in inspect.cpp).

Reference:
https://github.com/sass/libsass/issues/2671

Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-05-03 12:42:27 UTC

Created libsass tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1706051]

Comment 2 Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-05-03 12:43:01 UTC

Created libsass tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1706052]

Comment 3 Riccardo Schirone 2019-05-15 09:51:36 UTC

First vulnerable commit:
https://github.com/sass/libsass/commit/25c9b4952f5838b615da996035453967d0420f57

Comment 4 Riccardo Schirone 2019-05-15 09:52:39 UTC

Statement:

This issue did not affect the versions of libsass as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 as the flaw was introduced in a newer version of the library.