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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201909-03
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Pango: Buffer overflow
Date: September 06, 2019
Bugs: #692110
ID: 201909-03

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Synopsis
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A buffer overflow in Pango might allow an attacker to execute arbitrary
code.

Background
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Pango is a library for layout and rendering of internationalized text.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 x11-libs/pango < 1.42.4-r2 >= 1.42.4-r2

Description
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A buffer overflow has been discovered in Pango’s
pango_log2vis_get_embedding_levels function.

Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted
string with functions like pango_itemize, possibly resulting in
execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a
Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Pango users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=x11-libs/pango-1.42.4-r2”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2019-1010238
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1010238

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/201909-03

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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