1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3750-1

USN-3750-1: Pango vulnerability

Publication date

22 August 2018

Overview

Pango could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • pango1.0 - Layout and rendering of internationalized text

Details

Jeffrey M. discovered that Pango incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Jeffrey M. discovered that Pango incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic gir1.2-pango-1.0 –  1.40.14-1ubuntu0.1
libpango-1.0-0 –  1.40.14-1ubuntu0.1
libpango1.0-0 –  1.40.14-1ubuntu0.1

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