Denial of service in Mozilla Bleach



| Updated: 2020-04-07
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2020-6817
CWE-ID CWE-399
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Bleach
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor Mozilla

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerabilities.

Updated 07.04.2020

Assigned CVE-ID number.

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU26415

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6817

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when parsing style attrbitues. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page that can result in regular expression denial of service (ReDoS).

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Bleach: 2.1 - 3.1.3

CPE2.3 External links

https://github.com/mozilla/bleach/releases/tag/v3.1.4
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1623633
https://github.com/mozilla/bleach/commit/d6018f2539d271963c3e7f54f36ef11900363c69


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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