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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201402-23

Posted on 22 February 2014
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201402-23
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Severity: High
Title: libXfont: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 21, 2014
Bugs: #378797, #497416
ID: 201402-23

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libXfont, the worst of
which allow for local privilege escalation.

Background
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libXfont is an X11 font rasterisation library.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 x11-libs/libXfont < 1.4.7 >= 1.4.7

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libXfont. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A local attacker could use a specially crafted file to gain privileges
or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All libXfont users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/libXfont-1.4.7 "

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2011-2895
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2895
[ 2 ] CVE-2013-6462
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6462

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-23.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

 

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