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Gentoo Linux GLSA-201811-07 Normal: Pango Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey November 10, 2018
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Enhance Pango to fix a severe Denial of Service issue caused by insufficient Emoji processing on Gentoo platforms.
A vulnerability in Pango could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Processing certain invalid Emoji sequences in a GTK+ application can trigger a reachable assertion resulting in an application crash.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo linux service issue normal severity pango

Resolution

All Pango users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/pango-1.42.4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-15120 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15120

Availability

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

Severity: Normal
Title: Pango: Denial of Service
Date: November 10, 2018
Bugs: #664108
ID: 201811-07

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo linux service issue normal severity pango

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Pango could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background

Library for layout and rendering of internationalized text.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 x11-libs/pango < 1.42.4 >= 1.42.4

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.

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