Debian DSA-3194-1 Critical: Libxfont Privilege Escalation Threat
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March 17, 2015
Ilja van Sprundel, Alan Coopersmith and William Robinet discovered multiple issues in libxfont's code to process BDF fonts, which might result in privilege escalation
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Summary
Ilja van Sprundel, Alan Coopersmith and William Robinet discovered
multiple issues in libxfont's code to process BDF fonts, which might
result in privilege escalation.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.4.5-5.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon.
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: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: libxfont
CVE ID: CVE-2015-1802 CVE-2015-1803 CVE-2015-1804
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