SB2019012104 - Denial of service in Cairo

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SB2019012104 - Denial of service in Cairo

Published: January 21, 2019 Updated: July 13, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2019012104
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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  • Low
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6462)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in the function _arc_error_normalized in the file cairo-arc.c, related to _arc_max_angle_for_tolerance_normalized. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.


2) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6461)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion in the function _cairo_arc_in_direction in the file cairo-arc.c. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References