MGASA-2016-0097

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    MGASA-2016-0097

    Published: 7 Mar 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated graphite2 package fixes security vulnerabilities

    Details: Updated graphite2 packages fix security vulnerabilities: Multiple security flaws were found in the graphite2 font library. A web page or document containing malicious content could cause an application using graphite2 to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application (CVE-2016-1977, CVE-2016-2790, CVE-2016-2791, CVE-2016-2792, CVE-2016-2793, CVE-2016-2794, CVE-2016-2795, CVE-2016-2796, CVE-2016-2797, CVE-2016-2798, CVE-2016-2799, CVE-2016-2800, CVE-2016-2801, CVE-2016-2802). The graphite2 package has been updated to version 1.3.6 which fixes these security issues.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0097.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17866, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-37/, https://github.com/silnrsi/graphite/releases/tag/1.3.6, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178192.html, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0373.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: graphite2

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/graphite2?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3.6-1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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