National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-0020

Overview

Heap-based buffer overflow in the pango_ft2_font_render_box_glyph function in pango/pangoft2-render.c in libpango in Pango 1.28.3 and earlier, when the FreeType2 backend is enabled, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file, related to the glyph box for an FT_Bitmap object.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671122

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671122

External Source: MISC

Name: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639882

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639882

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pango1.0/+bug/696616

Hyperlink:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pango1.0/+bug/696616

External Source: XF

Name: pango-pango-bo(64832)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/64832

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0238

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0238

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0186

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0186

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1024994

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024994

External Source: BID

Name: 45842

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45842

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2011:0180

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0180.html

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43100

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43100

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 42934

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/42934

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 70596

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/70596

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110120 Re: CVE request: heap corruption in libpango

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/20/2

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110118 CVE request: heap corruption in libpango

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/18/6