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Fedora 9: FEDORA-2009-3666 Critical XFS Font Server Race Condition

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Calendar Grey July 2, 2009
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 9's X.Org xfs font server patch addresses a timing issue vulnerability successfully.

Summary

X.Org X11 xfs font server

ChangeLog:

* Mon Apr 13 2009 Adam Jackson 1.0.5-2.1

- xfs.init: Fix mkdir race (#492517)

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #492517 - CVE-2007-3103 init.d xfs script chown race condition vulnerability

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492517

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use

su -c 'yum update xorg-x11-xfs' at the command line.

For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",

available at .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

https://fedoraproject.org/security/

Fedora-package-announce mailing list

Fedora-package-announce@redhat.com

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora security fix race condition font server xorg-x11

Change Log

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Update Instructions

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Name: xorg-x11-xfs
Product: Fedora 9
Version: 1.0.5
Release: 2.1.fc9
URL: https://www.x.org/wiki/
Summary: X.Org X11 xfs font server

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora security fix race condition font server xorg-x11

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