GLSA 201904-01: Cairo: Denial of Service

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Cairo: Denial of Service
Date:	04/02/2019
Bugs:	#596756, #625636, #672908
ID:	201904-01

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Cairo, the worst of which could cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

Cairo is a 2D vector graphics library with cross-device output support.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
x11-libs/cairo	< 1.16.0-r3	>= 1.16.0-r3	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Cairo. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Cairo users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/cairo-1.16.0-r2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201904-01.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.