libXfont and libXfont2 Arbitrary File Access Vulnerabilities

libXfont and libXfont2 are both X.Org Foundation X font processing libraries for servers and utilities. A security vulnerability exists in libXfont versions prior to 1.5.4 and libXfont2 versions prior to 2.0.3. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to allow the X server to access...

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In libXfont before 1.5.4 and libXfont2 before 2.0.3, a local attacker can open but not read files on the system as root, triggering tape rewinds, watchdogs, or similar mechanisms that can be triggered by opening files...

CVE-2017-16611

In libXfont before 1.5.4 and libXfont2 before 2.0.3, a local attacker can open but not read files on the system as root, triggering tape rewinds, watchdogs, or similar mechanisms that can be triggered by opening files...

CVE-2017-16611

In libXfont before 1.5.4 and libXfont2 before 2.0.3, a local attacker can open but not read files on the system as root, triggering tape rewinds, watchdogs, or similar mechanisms that can be triggered by opening files...

ALPINE-CVE-2017-16611

In libXfont before 1.5.4 and libXfont2 before 2.0.3, a local attacker can open but not read files on the system as root, triggering tape rewinds, watchdogs, or similar mechanisms that can be triggered by opening files...

CVE-2017-16611

In libXfont before 1.5.4 and libXfont2 before 2.0.3, a local attacker can open but not read files on the system as root, triggering tape rewinds, watchdogs, or similar mechanisms that can be triggered by opening files...

CVE-2017-16611

In libXfont before 1.5.4 and libXfont2 before 2.0.3, a local attacker can open but not read files on the system as root, triggering tape rewinds, watchdogs, or similar mechanisms that can be triggered by opening files...

CVE-2017-16611

In libXfont before 1.5.4 and libXfont2 before 2.0.3, a local attacker can open but not read files on the system as root, triggering tape rewinds, watchdogs, or similar mechanisms that can be triggered by opening files...

CVE-2017-16611

In libXfont before 1.5.4 and libXfont2 before 2.0.3, a local attacker can open but not read files on the system as root, triggering tape rewinds, watchdogs, or similar mechanisms that can be triggered by opening files...

CVE-2017-16611

Summary: CVE-2017-16611 affects libXfont (<=1.5.4) and libXfont2 (

CVE-2017-16611: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

In libXfont before 1.5.4 and libXfont2 before 2.0.3, a local attacker can open but not read files on the system as root, triggering tape rewinds, watchdogs, or similar mechanisms that can be triggered by opening files...

CVE-2017-16611

In libXfont before 1.5.4 and libXfont2 before 2.0.3, a local attacker can open but not read files on the system as root, triggering tape rewinds, watchdogs, or similar mechanisms that can be triggered by opening files...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : libXfont vulnerability (USN-3500-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3500-1 advisory. It was discovered that libXfont incorrectly followed symlinks when opening font files. A local unprivileged user could use this issue to cause the X...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3500-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Slackware 13.0 / 13.1 / 13.37 / 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 : libXfont (SSA:2017-333-02)

New libXfont packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and 14.2 to fix a security issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2017-333-02. The text itse...

USN-3500-1 libxfont, libxfont1, libxfont2 vulnerability

It was discovered that libXfont incorrectly followed symlinks when opening font files. A local unprivileged user could use this issue to cause the X server to access arbitrary files, including special device files...

[slackware-security] libXfont

New libXfont packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and 14.2 to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libXfont-1.5.1-i486-2slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt. Open files with ONOFOLLOW. CVE-2017-16611 A non-privileged X...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16611

In libXfont before 1.5.4 and libXfont2 before 2.0.3, a local attacker can open but not read files on the system as root, triggering tape rewinds, watchdogs, or similar mechanisms that can be triggered by opening files...

libXfont -- permission bypass when opening files through symlinks

the freedesktop.org project reports: A non-privileged X client can instruct X server running under root to open any file by creating own directory with "fonts.dir", "fonts.alias" or any font file being a symbolic link to any other file in the system. X server will then open it. This can be issue...

PT-2017-4221

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libXfont versions prior to 1.5.4 libXfont2 versions prior to 2.0.3 Description The issue is related to incorrect handling of symbolic links before accessing a file, allowing a local attacker to open files on the system as root. This can trigge...