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Fedora 43 libXfont2 Critical RCE Threat 2026-18ea3f47f8

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Calendar Grey July 11, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Update for libXfont2 in Fedora 43 addresses critical security issues as per CVE-2026-56001, CVE-2026-56002, and CVE-2026-56003.
libXfont2 2.0.8 (CVE-2026-56001, CVE-2026-56002, CVE-2026-56003)

Summary

X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library

Update Information:

libXfont2 2.0.8 (CVE-2026-56001, CVE-2026-56002, CVE-2026-56003)

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora critical remote access exploits libXfont2

Change Log

* Wed Jul 8 2026 Peter Hutterer - 2.0.8-1 - libXfont2 2.0.8 (CVE-2026-56001, CVE-2026-56002, CVE-2026-56003) * Fri Jan 16 2026 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.0.7-4 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_44_Mass_Rebuild

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2026-18ea3f47f8 2026-07-12 00:58:35.903692+00:00 Name : libXfont2 Product : Fedora 43 Version : 2.0.8 Release : 1.fc43 URL : http://www.x.org Summary : X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library Description : X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-18ea3f47f8' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: libXfont2
Product: Fedora 43
Version: 2.0.8
Release: 1.fc43
URL: http://www.x.org
Summary: X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory fedora critical remote access exploits libXfont2

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