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HistorySep 02, 2011 - 4:41 p.m.

libXfont security update

2011-09-0216:41:15
CentOS Project
lists.centos.org
54

9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.013 Low

EPSS

Percentile

86.0%

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2011:1154

The libXfont packages provide the X.Org libXfont runtime library. X.Org is
an open source implementation of the X Window System.

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the libXfont library, used by
the X.Org server, handled malformed font files compressed using UNIX
compress. A malicious, local user could exploit this issue to potentially
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the X.Org server.
(CVE-2011-2895)

Users of libXfont should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a
backported patch to resolve this issue. All running X.Org server instances
must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2011-September/080044.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2011-September/080045.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2011-September/026494.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2011-September/026495.html

Affected packages:
libXfont
libXfont-devel

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1154

9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.013 Low

EPSS

Percentile

86.0%