SB2019040220 - Gentoo update for Cairo
Published: April 2, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019040220
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9082)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the write_png function. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted large svg file, trigger invalid pointer dereference and cause the service to crash.
2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9814)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in cairo-truetype-subset.c due to out-of-bounds read because of mishandling of an unexpected malloc(0) call. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.