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gentooGentoo FoundationGLSA-201402-23
HistoryFeb 21, 2014 - 12:00 a.m.

libXfont: Multiple vulnerabilities

2014-02-2100:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
12

9.3 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack 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

0.217 Low

EPSS

Percentile

96.5%

Background

libXfont is an X11 font rasterisation library.

Description

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

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All libXfont users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/libXfont-1.4.7 "
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallx11-libs/libxfont< 1.4.7UNKNOWN

9.3 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack 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

0.217 Low

EPSS

Percentile

96.5%