Important: cairo security update

Advisory:	RHSA-2007:1078-3
Type:	Security Advisory
Severity:	Important
Issued on:	2007-11-29
Last updated on:	2007-11-29
Affected Products:	RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
OVAL:	com.redhat.rhsa-20071078.xml
CVEs (cve.mitre.org):	CVE-2007-5503

Details

Updated Cairo packages that resolve a security issue are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Cairo is a vector graphics library designed to provide high-quality display
and print output.

An integer overflow flaw was found in the way Cairo processes PNG images.
If an application linked against Cairo processes a malicious PNG image, it
is possible to execute arbitrary code as the user running the application.
(CVE-2007-5503)

Users of Cairo are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)

IA-32:
cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`e1a06df5b1e3e5f43f1d5c646f1bb258`

x86_64:
cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`e1a06df5b1e3e5f43f1d5c646f1bb258`
cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`6b10f796d9594dc439eb6e4e984a659b`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`cbfeb076c6d2c87325cc8c20bffb0673`

IA-32:
cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`58f31c9334847d100a28ad6606c9b636`
cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`e1a06df5b1e3e5f43f1d5c646f1bb258`

IA-64:
cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`58f31c9334847d100a28ad6606c9b636`
cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`60844055ceee625c95d7b94eae351948`
cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`20d33a44a958bf53aada42c08761be8b`

PPC:
cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`e4b5250dba1bd0056e3deacd16a6dd65`
cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.ppc64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`579359058ecca388892e6a28f6ddefba`
cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`8942d9ed93096e9f3f3f8d8703e40b7a`
cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.ppc64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`490be6cf85b9035f6170f553862ad5f2`

s390x:
cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.s390.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`7fb5f3ca96b9407a294ac379cb654e16`
cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`5d5975bbf5ee037afa85d0304042bf10`
cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.s390.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`b94a16d274895163a7a0990392f722bb`
cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`9a395c63e51fc02d00ad1ca31280e407`

x86_64:
cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`58f31c9334847d100a28ad6606c9b636`
cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`463958973b4ba3ada3cff99a930db908`
cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`e1a06df5b1e3e5f43f1d5c646f1bb258`
cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`6b10f796d9594dc439eb6e4e984a659b`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`cbfeb076c6d2c87325cc8c20bffb0673`

IA-32:
cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`58f31c9334847d100a28ad6606c9b636`

x86_64:
cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`58f31c9334847d100a28ad6606c9b636`
cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0393	`463958973b4ba3ada3cff99a930db908`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

387431 - CVE-2007-5503 cairo integer overflow

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5503
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

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