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Gentoo 200712-04 Advisory: Risk of Integer Overflow in Cairo Library

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Calendar Grey December 9, 2007
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Numerous integer overflow vulnerabilities in Cairo may permit the execution of arbitrary code. It is recommended to update to version 1.4.12 or a later release.
Multiple integer overflows were discovered in Cairo, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200712-04
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: Normal
     Title: Cairo: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
      Date: December 09, 2007
      Bugs: #200350
        ID: 200712-04


Synopsis
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Multiple integer overflows were discovered in Cairo, possibly leading
to the execution of arbitrary code.

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

Affected packages
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     Package         /  Vulnerable  /                       Unaffected
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  1  x11-libs/cairo      < 1.4.12                            >= 1.4.12

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Multiple integer overflows were reported, one of which Peter Valchev
(Google Security) found to be leading...
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