__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN Cairo Security Update [Red Hat RHSA-2007:1078-3] December 3, 2007 14:00 GMT Number S-063 [REIVSED 14 Apr 2008] ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: An integer overflow flaw was found in the way Cairo processes PNG images. PLATFORM: RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable) DAMAGE: It is possible to execute arbitrary code as the user running the application. SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. It is possible to execute arbitrary code as ASSESSMENT: the user running the application. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-063.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1078.html ADDITIONAL LINK: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1542 CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CVE-2007-5503 ______________________________________________________________________________ REVISION HISTORY: 04/14/2008 - revised S-063 to add a link to Debian Security Advisory DSA-1542-1 for Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable). [***** Start Red Hat RHSA-2007:1078-3 *****] Important: cairo security update Advisory: RHSA-2007:1078-3 Type: Security Advisory Severity: Important Issued on: 2007-11-29 Last updated on: 2007-11-29 Affected Products: RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) OVAL: com.redhat.rhsa-20071078.xml CVEs (cve.mitre.org): CVE-2007-5503 Details Updated Cairo packages that resolve a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Cairo is a vector graphics library designed to provide high-quality display and 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, it is 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, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. Solution Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188 Updated packages RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IA-32: cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.i386.rpm e1a06df5b1e3e5f43f1d5c646f1bb258 x86_64: cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.i386.rpm e1a06df5b1e3e5f43f1d5c646f1bb258 cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm 6b10f796d9594dc439eb6e4e984a659b Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.src.rpm cbfeb076c6d2c87325cc8c20bffb0673 IA-32: cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.i386.rpm 58f31c9334847d100a28ad6606c9b636 cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.i386.rpm e1a06df5b1e3e5f43f1d5c646f1bb258 IA-64: cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.i386.rpm 58f31c9334847d100a28ad6606c9b636 cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.ia64.rpm 60844055ceee625c95d7b94eae351948 cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.ia64.rpm 20d33a44a958bf53aada42c08761be8b PPC: cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.ppc.rpm e4b5250dba1bd0056e3deacd16a6dd65 cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.ppc64.rpm 579359058ecca388892e6a28f6ddefba cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.ppc.rpm 8942d9ed93096e9f3f3f8d8703e40b7a cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.ppc64.rpm 490be6cf85b9035f6170f553862ad5f2 s390x: cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.s390.rpm 7fb5f3ca96b9407a294ac379cb654e16 cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.s390x.rpm 5d5975bbf5ee037afa85d0304042bf10 cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.s390.rpm b94a16d274895163a7a0990392f722bb cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.s390x.rpm 9a395c63e51fc02d00ad1ca31280e407 x86_64: cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.i386.rpm 58f31c9334847d100a28ad6606c9b636 cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm 463958973b4ba3ada3cff99a930db908 cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.i386.rpm e1a06df5b1e3e5f43f1d5c646f1bb258 cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm 6b10f796d9594dc439eb6e4e984a659b Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.src.rpm cbfeb076c6d2c87325cc8c20bffb0673 IA-32: cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.i386.rpm 58f31c9334847d100a28ad6606c9b636 x86_64: cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.i386.rpm 58f31c9334847d100a28ad6606c9b636 cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm 463958973b4ba3ada3cff99a930db908 (The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network) Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information) 387431 - CVE-2007-5503 cairo integer overflow References http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5503 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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