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CESA-2007:1078: cairo security update

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CESA-2007:1078: cairo security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/29/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/12/2010
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Cairo is a vector graphics library designed to provide high-quality displayand print output.An integer overflow flaw was found in the way Cairo processes PNG images.If an application linked against Cairo processes a malicious PNG image, itis possible to execute arbitrary code as the user running the application.(CVE-2007-5503)Users of Cairo are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, whichcontain a backported patch to resolve this issue.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-cairo
  • centos-upgrade-cairo-devel

References

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