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Red Hat: 2010:0140-01 Moderate: Pango Font Rendering Crash Risk

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Calendar Grey March 15, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat has released updates for the pango and evolution28-pango packages to address a noteworthy security vulnerability concerning font processing.
Updated pango and evolution28-pango packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

Pango is a library used for the layout and rendering of internationalized text.
An input sanitization flaw, leading to an array index error, was found in the way the Pango font rendering library synthesized the Glyph Definition (GDEF) table from a font's character map and the Unicode property database. If an attacker created a specially-crafted font file and tricked a local, unsuspecting user into loading the font file in an application that uses the Pango font rendering library, it could cause that application to crash. (CVE-2010-0421)
Users of pango and evolution28-pango are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. After installing this update, you must restart your system or restart your X session for this update to take effect.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat package update input sanitization pango font rendering

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0421 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386: pango-1.2.5-10.i386.rpm pango-debuginfo-1.2.5-10.i386.rpm pango-devel-1.2.5-10.i386.rpm
ia64: pango-1.2.5-10.i386.rpm pango-1.2.5-10.ia64.rpm pango-debuginfo-1.2.5-10.i386.rpm pango-debuginfo-1.2.5-10.ia64.rpm pango-devel-1.2.5-10.ia64.rpm
ppc: pango-1.2.5-10.ppc.rpm pango-1.2.5-10.ppc64.rpm pango-debuginfo-1.2.5-10.ppc.rpm pango-debuginfo-1.2.5-10.ppc64.rpm pango-devel-1.2.5-10.ppc.rpm
s390: pango-1.2.5-10.s390.rpm pango-debuginfo-1.2.5-10.s390.rpm pango-devel-1.2.5-10.s390.rpm
s390x: pango-1.2.5-10.s390.rpm pango-1.2.5-10.s390x.rpm pango-debuginfo-1.2.5-10.s390.rpm pango-debuginfo-1.2.5-10.s390x.rpm pango-devel-1.2.5-10.s390x.rpm
x86_64: pango-1.2.5-10.i386.rpm pango-1.2.5-10.x86_64.rpm pango-debuginfo-1.2.5-10.i386.rpm pango-debuginfo-1.2.5-10.x86_64.rpm pango-devel-1.2.5-10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3:
Source:
i386: pango-1.2.5-10.i386.rpm pango-debuginfo-1.2.5-10.i386.rpm pango-devel-1.2.5-10.i386.rpm
x86_64: pango-1.2.5-10.i386.rpm pango-1.2.5-10.x86_64.rpm pango-debuginfo-1.2.5-10.i386.rpm pango-debuginfo-1.2.5-10.x86_64.rpm pango-devel-1.2.5-10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:
Source:
i386: pango-1.2.5-10.i386.rpm pango-debuginfo-1.2.5-10.i386.rpm pango-devel-1.2.5-10.i386.rpm


Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0140-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0140.html
Issue date: 2010-03-15

Topic

Updated pango and evolution28-pango packages that fix one security issueare now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat package update input sanitization pango font rendering

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

555831 - CVE-2010-0421 libpangoft2 segfaults on forged font files

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