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CESA-2008:0064: libXfont security update

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CESA-2008:0064: libXfont security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/18/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/12/2010
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

The libXfont package contains the X.Org X11 libXfont runtime library.A heap based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the X.Org serverhandled malformed font files. A malicious local user could exploit thisissue to potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of theX.Org server. (CVE-2008-0006)Users of X.Org libXfont should upgrade to these updated packages, whichcontain a backported patch to resolve this issue.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-libxfont
  • centos-upgrade-libxfont-devel

References

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