GLSA 201811-07: Pango: Denial of Service

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Pango: Denial of Service
Date:	11/10/2018
Bugs:	#664108
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)
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

CVE-2018-15120

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201811-07.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.