[Cucumber-linux-security] cairo (security update is available)
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From: Scott C. <sc...@cu...> - 2018-05-29 14:23:42
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Update Information A security update is available for cairo for the following versions of Cucumber Linux: * 1.0 * 1.1 Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.1 changelog: +----------------+ Tue May 29 10:11:42 EDT 2018 x-base/cairo rebuilt (build 5) to fix CVE-2017-7475, a security vulnerability that allowed for an attacker to cause a denial of service via a null pointer dereference, triggered when rendering a glyph that is not present in a *.ttf font file. For more information see: https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=415 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7475 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100763#c6 multilib/x-base/cairo-lib_i686 rebuilt (build 5, x86_64 only) * SECURITY FIX * +----------------+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CLD and CVE Information This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency (CLD) and CVE numbers: * CLD-415 [CVE-2017-7475] (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=415) More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in parenthesis above). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Installing the Update The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following commands (as root): # pickle --update # pickle Make sure cairo is selected on the update list, and then select Ok. Pickle will then install the updated package. If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Cucumber Linux Security Team cuc...@li... <mailto:cuc...@li...> https://www.cucumberlinux.com/security.php |