Wednesday, July 31, 2019

[USN-4081-1] Pango vulnerability

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4081-1
July 31, 2019

pango1.0 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.04

Summary:

Pango could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received a specially
crafted input.

Software Description:
- pango1.0: Layout and rendering of internationalized text - gir bindings

Details:

It was discovered that Pango incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04:
gir1.2-pango-1.0 1.42.4-6ubuntu0.1
libpango-1.0-0 1.42.4-6ubuntu0.1
libpango1.0-0 1.42.4-6ubuntu0.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4081-1
CVE-2019-1010238

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pango1.0/1.42.4-6ubuntu0.1

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