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CentOS Update for libXfont CESA-2014:0018 centos5
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libXfont' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The libXfont packages provide the X.Org libXfont runtime library. X.Org is an open source implementation of the X Window System. A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the libXfont library parsed Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF) fonts. A malicious, local user could exploit this issue to potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the X.Org server. (CVE-2013-6462) Users of libXfont should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. All running X.Org server instances must be restarted for the update to take effect.
Affected Software
Affected Software
libXfont on CentOS 5
Solution
Solution
Please install the updated packages.