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[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201904-01 ] Cairo: Denial of Service

Posted on 02 April 2019
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201904-01
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Cairo: Denial of Service
Date: April 02, 2019
Bugs: #596756, #625636, #672908
ID: 201904-01

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Cairo, the worst of which could
cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background
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Cairo is a 2D vector graphics library with cross-device output support.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 x11-libs/cairo < 1.16.0-r3 >= 1.16.0-r3

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Cairo. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Cairo users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/cairo-1.16.0-r2"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2016-9082
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9082
[ 2 ] CVE-2017-9814
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9814

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-01

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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