GLSA 201811-07: Pango: Denial of Service
Severity: | normal |
Title: | Pango: Denial of Service |
Date: | 11/10/2018 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 201811-07 |
Synopsis
A vulnerability in Pango could result in a Denial of Service condition.Background
Library for layout and rendering of internationalized text.
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
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x11-libs/pango | < 1.42.4 | >= 1.42.4 | All supported architectures |
Description
Processing certain invalid Emoji sequences in a GTK+ application can trigger a reachable assertion resulting in an application crash.
Impact
A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted Emoji sequences, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Pango users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/pango-1.42.4"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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