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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201909-03 ] Pango: Buffer overflow
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 16:18:57
Message-Id: 625fe90a-d7ac-7b4e-4c95-1e120084fc1b@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201909-03
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Pango: Buffer overflow
9 Date: September 06, 2019
10 Bugs: #692110
11 ID: 201909-03
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15 Synopsis
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18 A buffer overflow in Pango might allow an attacker to execute arbitrary
19 code.
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21 Background
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24 Pango is a library for layout and rendering of internationalized text.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 x11-libs/pango < 1.42.4-r2 >= 1.42.4-r2
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34 Description
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37 A buffer overflow has been discovered in Pango's
38 pango_log2vis_get_embedding_levels function.
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40 Impact
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43 A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted
44 string with functions like pango_itemize, possibly resulting in
45 execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a
46 Denial of Service condition.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All Pango users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/pango-1.42.4-r2"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CVE-2019-1010238
65 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1010238
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67 Availability
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70 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
71 the Gentoo Security Website:
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73 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-03
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75 Concerns?
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78 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
79 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
80 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
81 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
82 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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84 License
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87 Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
88 belongs to its owner(s).
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90 The contents of this document are licensed under the
91 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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93 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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