<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="202003-41"> <title>GNU FriBidi: Heap-based buffer overflow</title> <synopsis>A heap-based buffer overflow in GNU FriBidi might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">fribidi</product> <announced>2020-03-19</announced> <revised count="1">2020-03-19</revised> <bug>699338</bug> <access>local, remote</access> <affected> <package name="dev-libs/fribidi" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.0.8</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.8</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>The Free Implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm.</p> </background> <description> <p>A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in GNU FriBidi.</p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker could possibly cause a memory corruption, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All FriBidi users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/fribidi-1.0.8" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18397">CVE-2019-18397</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-03-19T16:36:42Z">whissi</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-03-19T16:41:09Z">whissi</metadata> </glsa>