MGASA-2019-0325

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    MGASA-2019-0325

    Published: 14 Nov 2019Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-18397

    Summary: Updated fribidi packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Updated fribidi packages fix security vulnerability: A stack buffer overflow in the fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels_ex() function in lib/fribidi-bidi.c of GNU FriBidi 1.0.0 through 1.0.7 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code by delivering crafted text content to a user, when this content is then rendered by an application that uses FriBidi for text layout calculations (CVE-2019-18397).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0325.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25673, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/08/5

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: fribidi

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/fribidi?arch=source&distro=mageia-7

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.5-2.1.mga7

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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