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GLSA-201909-03 : Pango: Buffer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 128592

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201909-03 (Pango: Buffer overflow)

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

 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 :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Pango users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-libs/pango-1.42.4-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-03

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 128592

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201909-03.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 9/9/2019

Updated: 4/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1010238

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pango, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1010238

GLSA: 201909-03