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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2293-1 (libxfont)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
9.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
12 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to libxfont announced via advisory DSA 2293-1.
Insight
Insight
Tomas Hoger found a buffer overflow in the X.Org libXfont library, which may allow for a local privilege escalation through crafted font files. For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.3-2. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.1-3. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.4-1.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your libxfont packages.