Ubuntu 7.04 / 7.10 : libcairo regression (USN-550-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 29304

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

USN-550-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Cairo. The upstream fixes were incomplete, and under certain situations, applications using Cairo would crash with a floating point error. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Peter Valchev discovered that Cairo did not correctly decode PNG image data. By tricking a user or automated system into processing a specially crafted PNG with Cairo, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 29304

File Name: ubuntu_USN-550-2.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 12/11/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcairo2-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcairo2-doc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcairo-directfb2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcairo2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcairo-directfb2-dev

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/10/2007

Reference Information

BID: 26650

USN: 550-2

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