Mageia: 2019-0050 Moderate: Libcaca Denial Of Service Attack
mageia
January 23, 2019
It was discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images
Summary
It was discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service
(CVE-2018-20544).
It was discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code
(CVE-2018-20545, CVE-2018-20548, CVE-2018-20459).
It was discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information
(CVE-2018-20546, CVE-2018-20547).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24208
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3860-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20544
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20545
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20546
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20547
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20548
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20549
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 6/core/libcaca-0.99-0.beta18.13.1.mga6
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Severity
important
Lowest
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Medium
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Critical
Publication date: 23 Jan 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0050.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-20544,
CVE-2018-20545,
CVE-2018-20546,
CVE-2018-20547,
CVE-2018-20548,
CVE-2018-20549
Topics Covered
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