CVE-2018-19492 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2018-19492: An issue was discovered in cairo.trm in Gnuplot 5.2.5. This issue allows an attacker to conduct a buffer overflow with an arbitrary amount of data in the cairotrm_options function. This flaw is caused by a missing size check of an argument passed to the "set font" function. This issue occurs when th

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2018-19492 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

gnuplot→ fixed in5.4.0+dfsg1-1urgency: unimportant
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y gnuplot
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

gnuplot→ fixed in5.4.0+dfsg1-1urgency: unimportant
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y gnuplot
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

gnuplot→ fixed in5.4.0+dfsg1-1urgency: unimportant
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y gnuplot
```

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