SB20230816245 - Fedora 38 update for cairo-1.17.8-2.fc38 freetype-2.13.0-2.fc38 harfbuzz-7.0.1-2.fc38 qt6-qtwebengine
Published: August 16, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB20230816245
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25193)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos.hh. A remote attacker can use consecutive marks during the process of looking back for base glyphs when attaching marks and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.