Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-16611

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - 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...

Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2017-333-02)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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...

Debian DLA-2901-1 : libxfont - LTS security update

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2901 advisory. - 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...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2017-0442)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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...

EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.6.0 : libXfont2 (EulerOS-SA-2020-2014)

According to the version of the libXfont2 package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - 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...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for libXfont2 (EulerOS-SA-2020-2014)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 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...

EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : libXfont2 (EulerOS-SA-2020-1242)

According to the version of the libXfont2 package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - 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...

EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : libXfont (EulerOS-SA-2020-1241)

According to the versions of the libXfont package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - 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...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for libXfont2 (EulerOS-SA-2020-1242)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 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...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for libXfont2 (EulerOS-SA-2019-2347)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 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...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for libXfont (EulerOS-SA-2019-2172)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 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...

EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : libXfont (EulerOS-SA-2019-2625)

According to the versions of the libXfont package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - 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 rewind...

EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.3.0 : libXfont2 (EulerOS-SA-2019-2347)

According to the version of the libXfont2 package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - 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...

EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : libXfont (EulerOS-SA-2019-2172)

According to the version of the libXfont package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - 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,...

Fedora Update for libXfont2 FEDORA-2018-4f5a3e792f

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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...

Fedora Update for libXfont FEDORA-2018-e27b435a7f

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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...

Fedora 26 : libXfont (2018-5a7cd68500)

Security fix for CVE-2017-16611 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 7030...

Fedora 27 : libXfont2 (2018-4f5a3e792f)

Security fix for CVE-2017-16611 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 7030...

GLSA-201801-10 : LibXfont, LibXfont2: Arbitrary file access

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201801-10 LibXfont, LibXfont2: Arbitrary file access It was discovered that libXfont incorrectly followed symlinks when opening font files. Impact : A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause the X server to access...

MGASA-2017-0442 Updated libxfont/libxfont2 packages fix security vulnerability

Fixes open files with ONOFOLLOW. CVE-2017-16611...