GLSA-202208-33 : Gnome Shell, gettext, libcroco: Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 164319

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202208-33 (Gnome Shell, gettext, libcroco: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

- libcroco through 0.6.13 has excessive recursion in cr_parser_parse_any_core in cr-parser.c, leading to stack consumption. (CVE-2020-12825)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All gettext users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=sys-devel/gettext-0.21 All Gnome Shell users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.36.7 All libcroco users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=dev-libs/libcroco-0.6.13

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164319

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202208-33.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 8/21/2022

Updated: 10/13/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12825

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gettext, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gnome-shell, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libcroco, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12825

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