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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704496
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4496-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pango1.0' package(s) announced via the DSA-4496-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pango1.0' package(s) announced via the DSA-4496-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Benno Fuenfstueck discovered that Pango, a library for layout and rendering of text with an emphasis on internationalization, is prone to a heap-based buffer overflow flaw in the pango_log2vis_get_embedding_levels function. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw for denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.42.4-7~
deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your pango1.0 packages.

For the detailed security status of pango1.0 please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'pango1.0' package(s) on Debian 10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-1010238
Bugtraq: 20190812 [SECURITY] [DSA 4496-1] pango1.0 security update (Google Search)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/14
Debian Security Information: DSA-4496 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4496
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VFFF4FY7SCAYT3EKTYPGRN6BVKZTH7Y7/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D6HWAHXJ2ZXINYMANHPFDDCJFWUQ57M4/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-03
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/-/commits/main/pango/pango-bidi-type.c
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/-/issues/342
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHBA-2019:2824
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:2571
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2571
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:2582
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2582
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:2594
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:3234
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3234
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4081-1/
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