GLSA 202305-21: Cairo: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Cairo: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Date:	05/03/2023
Bugs:	#777123
ID:	202305-21

Synopsis

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Cairo which could result in denial of service.

Background

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

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
x11-libs/cairo	< 1.17.6	>= 1.17.6	All supported architectures

Description

An attacker with the ability to provide input to Cairo's image-compositor can cause a buffer overwrite.

Impact

Malicious input to Cairo's image-compositor can result in denial of service of the application using such Cairo functionality.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Cairo users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/cairo-1.17.6"

References

CVE-2020-35492

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202305-21.xml

Concerns?

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.