Gentoo: GLSA-201904-01: Cairo: Denial of Service
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Cairo. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All Cairo users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/cairo-1.16.0-r2"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2016-9082 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9082 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-9814 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9814
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-01
Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
Background
Cairo is a 2D vector graphics library with cross-device output support.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 x11-libs/cairo < 1.16.0-r3 >= 1.16.0-r3
Impact
===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.