Pango: Multiple vulnerabilities

Pango: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Pango, the worst of which allow execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service. pango 2014-05-17 2014-05-17 268976 352087 357067 local, remote 1.28.3-r1 1.28.3-r1

Pango is an internationalized text layout and rendering library

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pango. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to load specially crafted text using an application linked against Pango, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Pango users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/pango-1.28.3-r1"

Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.

NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since March 18, 2011. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.

CVE-2009-1194 CVE-2009-2468 CVE-2011-0020 CVE-2011-0064 keytoaster ackle