MGASA-2022-0423 - Updated pixman packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 13 Nov 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0423.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2022-44638

In libpixman in Pixman before 0.42.2, there is an out-of-bounds write (aka
heap-based buffer overflow) in rasterize_edges_8 due to an integer
overflow in pixman_sample_floor_y. (CVE-2022-44638)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31088
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2022-November/003249.html
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2022-November/003251.html
- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-3179
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-44638

SRPMS:
- 8/core/pixman-0.40.0-1.1.mga8

Mageia 2022-0423: pixman security update

In libpixman in Pixman before 0.42.2, there is an out-of-bounds write (aka heap-based buffer overflow) in rasterize_edges_8 due to an integer overflow in pixman_sample_floor_y

Summary

In libpixman in Pixman before 0.42.2, there is an out-of-bounds write (aka heap-based buffer overflow) in rasterize_edges_8 due to an integer overflow in pixman_sample_floor_y. (CVE-2022-44638)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31088

- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2022-November/003249.html

- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2022-November/003251.html

- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-3179

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-44638

Resolution

MGASA-2022-0423 - Updated pixman packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/pixman-0.40.0-1.1.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 13 Nov 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0423.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-44638

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