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| <glsa id="201507-21"> |
| <title>libXfont: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> |
| <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libXfont, the worst of |
| which could result in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service. |
| </synopsis> |
| <product type="ebuild">libXfont</product> |
| <announced>July 22, 2015</announced> |
| <revised>July 22, 2015: 1</revised> |
| <bug>543620</bug> |
| <access>remote</access> |
| <affected> |
| <package name="x11-libs/libXfont" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
| <unaffected range="rge">1.4.9</unaffected> |
| <unaffected range="ge">1.5.1</unaffected> |
| <vulnerable range="lt">1.5.1</vulnerable> |
| </package> |
| </affected> |
| <background> |
| <p>libXfont is an X11 font rasterisation library.</p> |
| </background> |
| <description> |
| <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libXfont. Please review |
| the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. |
| </p> |
| </description> |
| <impact type="normal"> |
| <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a |
| Denial of Service condition. |
| </p> |
| </impact> |
| <workaround> |
| <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> |
| </workaround> |
| <resolution> |
| <p>All libXfont 1.4.x users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> |
| |
| <code> |
| # emerge --sync |
| # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/libXfont-1.4.9" |
| </code> |
| |
| <p>All libXfont 1.5.x users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> |
| |
| <code> |
| # emerge --sync |
| # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/libXfont-1.5.1" |
| </code> |
| |
| </resolution> |
| <references> |
| <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1802">CVE-2015-1802</uri> |
| <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1803">CVE-2015-1803</uri> |
| <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1804">CVE-2015-1804</uri> |
| </references> |
| <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 04 Apr 2015 15:23:52 +0000"> |
| BlueKnight |
| </metadata> |
| <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 22 Jul 2015 15:44:59 +0000">Zlogene</metadata> |
| </glsa> |