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USN-5718-1: pixman vulnerability

Severity

Medium

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Versions Affected

  • Canonical Ubuntu 18.04

Description

Maddie Stone discovered that pixman incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause pixman to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-5718-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: libpixman-1-0 – 0.34.0-2ubuntu0.1 libpixman-1-dev – 0.34.0-2ubuntu0.1 No subscription required

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2022-44638.

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

  • cflinuxfs3
    • All versions prior to 0.333.0
  • CF Deployment
    • All versions prior to 23.3.0

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below. The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:

  • cflinuxfs3
    • Upgrade all versions to 0.333.0 or greater
  • CF Deployment
    • Upgrade all versions to 23.3.0 or greater

History

2022-12-07: Initial vulnerability report published.

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