GLSA 202305-21: Cairo: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Severity: | normal |
Title: | Cairo: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
Date: | 05/03/2023 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 202305-21 |
Synopsis
A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Cairo which could result in denial of service.Background
Cairo is a 2D vector graphics library with cross-device output support.
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
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x11-libs/cairo | < 1.17.6 | >= 1.17.6 | All supported architectures |
Description
An attacker with the ability to provide input to Cairo's image-compositor can cause a buffer overwrite.
Impact
Malicious input to Cairo's image-compositor can result in denial of service of the application using such Cairo functionality.
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-1.17.6"
References
Availability
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Concerns?
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License
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