DSA-2019-1 pango1.0 -- missing input sanitization

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2010-0421  

Marc Schoenefeld discovered an improper input sanitization in Pango, a library for layout and rendering of text, leading to array indexing error. If a local user was tricked into loading a specially-crafted font file in an application, using the Pango font rendering library, it could lead to denial of service (application crash). For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.20.5-5+lenny1. For the testing distribution (squeeze), and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your pango1.0 package.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2019-1 pango1.0 -- missing input sanitization

Date Reported:
20 Mar 2010
Affected Packages:
pango1.0
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 574021.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2010-0421.
More information:

Marc Schoenefeld discovered an improper input sanitization in Pango, a library for layout and rendering of text, leading to array indexing error. If a local user was tricked into loading a specially-crafted font file in an application, using the Pango font rendering library, it could lead to denial of service (application crash).

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.20.5-5+lenny1.

For the testing distribution (squeeze), and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your pango1.0 package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/pango1.0_1.20.5-5+lenny1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/pango1.0_1.20.5.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/pango1.0_1.20.5-5+lenny1.dsc
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-doc_1.20.5-5+lenny1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-common_1.20.5-5+lenny1_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0-dbg_1.20.5-5+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0_1.20.5-5+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-dev_1.20.5-5+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-udeb_1.20.5-5+lenny1_alpha.udeb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0_1.20.5-5+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-udeb_1.20.5-5+lenny1_amd64.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0-dbg_1.20.5-5+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-dev_1.20.5-5+lenny1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-dev_1.20.5-5+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-udeb_1.20.5-5+lenny1_arm.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0-dbg_1.20.5-5+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0_1.20.5-5+lenny1_arm.deb
ARM EABI:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-udeb_1.20.5-5+lenny1_armel.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0_1.20.5-5+lenny1_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-dev_1.20.5-5+lenny1_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0-dbg_1.20.5-5+lenny1_armel.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-udeb_1.20.5-5+lenny1_hppa.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0_1.20.5-5+lenny1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0-dbg_1.20.5-5+lenny1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-dev_1.20.5-5+lenny1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-udeb_1.20.5-5+lenny1_i386.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-dev_1.20.5-5+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0_1.20.5-5+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0-dbg_1.20.5-5+lenny1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0-dbg_1.20.5-5+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-dev_1.20.5-5+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0_1.20.5-5+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-udeb_1.20.5-5+lenny1_ia64.udeb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-udeb_1.20.5-5+lenny1_mipsel.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0_1.20.5-5+lenny1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-dev_1.20.5-5+lenny1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0-dbg_1.20.5-5+lenny1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0_1.20.5-5+lenny1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0-dbg_1.20.5-5+lenny1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-udeb_1.20.5-5+lenny1_powerpc.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-dev_1.20.5-5+lenny1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0-dbg_1.20.5-5+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-udeb_1.20.5-5+lenny1_s390.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0_1.20.5-5+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-dev_1.20.5-5+lenny1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-dev_1.20.5-5+lenny1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0_1.20.5-5+lenny1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-udeb_1.20.5-5+lenny1_sparc.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pango1.0/libpango1.0-0-dbg_1.20.5-5+lenny1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.