MGASA-2021-0149

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    MGASA-2021-0149

    Published: 21 Mar 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-21236

    Summary: Updated python-cairosvg packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: When processing SVG files, the python package CairoSVG uses two regular expressions which are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (REDoS). If an attacker provides a malicious SVG, it can make cairosvg get stuck processing the file for a very long time (CVE-2021-21236).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0149.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28122, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hq37-853p-g5cf

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-cairosvg

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.2.1-1.1.mga7

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Integrity
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