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Debian: DSA-2293-1 Moderate: Libxfont Local Escalation Threat

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Calendar Grey August 12, 2011
Scroller Debian
Enhance the libxfont packages in Debian to address a buffer overflow vulnerability that may lead to local privilege escalation.
Tomas Hoger found a buffer overflow in the X.Org libXfont library, which may allow for a local privilege escalation through crafted font files
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Summary

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.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxfont packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



Package: libxfont
CVE ID: CVE-2011-2895

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security advisory security issue buffer overflow debian privilege escalation local escalation libxfont

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