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fedora
Calendar Grey October 25, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora's libXfont has been updated to fix critical security vulnerabilities tied to inadequate input validation, ensuring enhanced system integrity
Security fix for CVE-2017-13720 and CVE-2017-13722

Summary

X.Org X11 libXfont runtime library

Security fix for CVE-2017-13720 and CVE-2017-13722

[ 1 ] Bug #1500693 - CVE-2017-13722 libXfont: Insufficient input validation in pcfread.c

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500693

[ 2 ] Bug #1500690 - CVE-2017-13720 libXfont: Insufficient input validation in fontdir.c

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500690

su -c 'dnf upgrade libXfont' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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https://fedoraproject.org/security/

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Product: Fedora 26
Version: 1.5.2
Release: 5.fc26
Summary: X.Org X11 libXfont runtime library

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