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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-3750-1 Moderate: Pango DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey August 22, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A vulnerability in Pango could result in crashes when opening specially crafted files. Users should update Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to implement security patches.
Pango could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Pango could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted

file.

Software Description:

- pango1.0: Layout and rendering of internationalized text - gir

bindings

Details:

Jeffrey M. discovered that Pango incorrectly handled certain files.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service ubuntu pango

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  gir1.2-pango-1.0                1.40.14-1ubuntu0.1
  libpango-1.0-0                  1.40.14-1ubuntu0.1
  libpango1.0-0                   1.40.14-1ubuntu0.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3750-1

  CVE-2018-15120

August 22, 2018

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service ubuntu pango

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pango1.0/1.40.14-1ubuntu0.1

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