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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2022.6245
USN-5718-2: pixman vulnerability
1 December 2022
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: pixman
Publisher: Ubuntu
Operating System: Ubuntu
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2022-44638
Original Bulletin:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5718-2
Comment: CVSS (Max): 8.8 CVE-2022-44638 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVSS Source: NVD
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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USN-5718-2: pixman vulnerability
30 November 2022
pixman could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially
crafted input.
Releases
o Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
o Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
Packages
o pixman - pixel-manipulation library for X and cairo
Details
USN-5718-1 fixed a vulnerability in pixman. This update provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Maddie Stone discovered that pixman incorrectly handled certain memory
operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause pixman to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package
versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
o libpixman-1-0 - 0.33.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
o libpixman-1-dev - 0.33.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
Ubuntu 14.04
o libpixman-1-0 - 0.30.2-2ubuntu1.2+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
o libpixman-1-dev - 0.30.2-2ubuntu1.2+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.
References
o CVE-2022-44638
Related notices
o USN-5718-1 : pixman, libpixman-1-0, libpixman-1-dev
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