SB2019082906 - Red Hat update for pango
Published: August 29, 2019 Updated: February 10, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019082906
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1010238)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing utf-8 strings in the pango_log2vis_get_embedding_levels() function in pango-bidi-type.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted string to the application, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.