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CentOS Update for libXfont CESA-2011:1154 centos5 i386

🗓️ 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'libXfont' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. It provides the X.Org libXfont runtime library. A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the libXfont library handled malformed font files compressed using UNIX compress, leading to potential arbitrary code execution with X.Org server privileges

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2011-September/017882.html");
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.880993");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-09-23 16:39:49 +0200 (Fri, 23 Sep 2011)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2011:1154");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-2895");
  script_name("CentOS Update for libXfont CESA-2011:1154 centos5 i386");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'libXfont'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS5");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"libXfont on CentOS 5");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"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.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS5")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libXfont", rpm:"libXfont~1.2.2~1.0.4.el5_7", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libXfont-devel", rpm:"libXfont-devel~1.2.2~1.0.4.el5_7", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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