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Gentoo: GLSA-202208-18 Important: FontAwesome Security Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey July 10, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Keep updated on the recent HarfBuzz denial of service vulnerability impacting Gentoo Linux users. This advisory details risks and recommended mitigations
A vulnerability has been discovered in HarfBuzz, which can lead to a denial of service.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in HarfBuzz. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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security advisory denial of service gentoo normal severity harfbuzz

Resolution

All HarfBuzz users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/harfbuzz-7.1.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2023-22006 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22006 [ 2 ] CVE-2023-22036 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22036 [ 3 ] CVE-2023-22041 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22041 [ 4 ] CVE-2023-22044 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22044 [ 5 ] CVE-2023-22045 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22045 [ 6 ] CVE-2023-22049 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22049 [ 7 ] CVE-2023-25193 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25193

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202407-24
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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: HarfBuzz: Denial of Service
Date: July 10, 2024
Bugs: #905310
ID: 202407-24

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security advisory denial of service gentoo normal severity harfbuzz

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in HarfBuzz, which can lead to a denial of service.

Background

HarfBuzz is an OpenType text shaping engine.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ------------------- ------------ ------------ media-libs/harfbuzz < 7.1.0 >= 7.1.0

Impact

hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos.hh in HarfBuzz allows attackers to trigger O(n^2) growth via consecutive marks during the process of looking back for base glyphs when attaching marks.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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