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ubuntuUbuntuUSN-3500-1
HistoryNov 29, 2017 - 12:00 a.m.

libXfont vulnerability

2017-11-2900:00:00
ubuntu.com
28

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.3%

JSON

Releases

  • Ubuntu 17.10
  • Ubuntu 17.04
  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

  • libxfont - X11 font rasterisation library
  • libxfont1 - X11 font rasterisation library
  • libxfont2 - X11 font rasterisation library

Details

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu17.10noarchlibxfont1< 1:1.5.2-4ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu17.10noarchlibxfont1-dbgsym< 1:1.5.2-4ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu17.10noarchlibxfont1-dev< 1:1.5.2-4ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu17.10noarchlibxfont2< 1:2.0.1-3ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu17.10noarchlibxfont-dev< 1:2.0.1-3ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu17.10noarchlibxfont2-dbgsym< 1:2.0.1-3ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu17.10noarchlibxfont2-udeb< 1:2.0.1-3ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu17.04noarchlibxfont1< 1:1.5.2-4ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu17.04noarchlibxfont1-dbgsym< 1:1.5.2-4ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu17.04noarchlibxfont1-dev< 1:1.5.2-4ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN
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5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.3%

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