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Medium ALSA-2024:2980 1 CVE

Moderate: harfbuzz security update

Published May 22, 2024 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

HarfBuzz is an implementation of the OpenType Layout engine.

Security Fix(es):

* harfbuzz: allows attackers to trigger O(n^2) growth via consecutive marks (CVE-2023-25193)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 harfbuzz 1.7.5-4.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 harfbuzz-devel 1.7.5-4.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 harfbuzz-icu 1.7.5-4.el8

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25193
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2167254
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-2980.html