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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM USN-5407-1 Critical Cairo Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey May 10, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Remain updated regarding Ubuntu USN-5407-1 which tackles vulnerabilities in cairo, providing guidance for improved security measures.
Several security issues were fixed in cairo.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in cairo.

Software Description:

- cairo: Cairo 2D vector graphics library performance utilities

Details:

Gustavo Grieco, Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca, Suleman Ali, and others

discovered that Cairo incorrectly handled certain files.

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

(CVE-2016-9082, CVE-2017-9814, CVE-2019-6462)

Stephan Bergmann discovered that Cairo incorrectly handled certain files.

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

or possibly execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2020-35492)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical ubuntu cairo

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
   cairo-perf-utils                1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
   libcairo2                       1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5407-1

CVE-2016-9082, CVE-2017-9814, CVE-2019-6462, CVE-2020-35492

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May 10, 2022

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security advisory denial of service critical ubuntu cairo

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