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RHEL 5 : pango (RHSA-2011:1326)

high Nessus Plugin ID 56253

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated pango packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

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

A buffer overflow flaw was found in HarfBuzz, an OpenType text shaping engine used in Pango. If a user loaded a specially crafted font file with an application that uses Pango, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2011-3193)

Users of pango are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. After installing this update, you must restart your system or restart the X server for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected pango and / or pango-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3193

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1326

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56253

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-1326.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/22/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pango-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pango

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 9/21/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3193

RHSA: 2011:1326