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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4561-1 (fribidi - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'fribidi' package(s) announced via the DSA-4561-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
Alex Murray discovered a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in fribidi, an implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm algorithm, which could result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code, when processing a large number of unicode isolate directional characters.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'fribidi' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.5-3.1+deb10u1. We recommend that you upgrade your fribidi packages.