Vigil@nce - CairoSVG: overload via Regular Expression
March 2021 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Fedora.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on server, denial of service on
service, denial of service on client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 18/01/2021.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger an overload via Regular Expression of
CairoSVG, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/CairoSVG-overload-via-Regular-Expression-34359