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<?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 "&gt;=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>