Gentoo: GLSA 201612-37 Normal: Pixman Buffer Overflow Threat
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December 13, 2016
A buffer overflow in Pixman might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Summary
In pixman-general, careless computations done with the 'dest_buffer' pointer may overflow, failing the buffer upper limit check.
Resolution
All Pixman users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/pixman-0.32.8"
References
[ 1 ] Pixman 0.32.8 Release Notes https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2015-September/002637.html
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-37
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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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: Pixman: Buffer overflow
Date: December 13, 2016
Bugs: #561526
ID: 201612-37
Background
Pixman is a pixel manipulation library.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 x11-libs/pixman < 0.32.8 >= 0.32.8
Impact
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A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition,
or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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