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Gentoo: GLSA-200705-10 High: LibXfont And TightVNC Code Executive Risk

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Calendar Grey May 8, 2007
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Several weaknesses identified in libXfont and TightVNC may lead to privileged code execution. Ensure you update to enhance security.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in libXfont and TightVNC, allowing for the execution of arbitrary code with root privileges.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200705-10 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: LibXfont, TightVNC: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: May 08, 2007 Bugs: #172575, #174200 ID: 200705-10

Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in libXfont and TightVNC, allowing for the execution of arbitrary code with root privileges.
Background ========= LibXfont is the X.Org font library. TightVNC is a VNC client/server for X displays.
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