glsa-201402-23.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201402-23">
  <title>libXfont: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libXfont, the worst of
    which allow for local privilege escalation.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">libxfont</product>
  <announced>2014-02-21</announced>
  <revised>2014-02-21: 1</revised>
  <bug>378797</bug>
  <bug>497416</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="x11-libs/libXfont" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.4.7 </unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.7 </vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>libXfont is an X11 font rasterisation library.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libXfont. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>A local attacker could use a specially crafted file to gain privileges
      or cause a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All libXfont users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=x11-libs/libXfont-1.4.7 "
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2895">CVE-2011-2895</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6462">CVE-2013-6462</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2011-10-07T23:37:46Z">
    underling
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-02-21T15:29:10Z">Zlogene</metadata>
</glsa>