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Gentoo: 201406-11 High: libXfont Local Escalation And DoS Risk

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Critical vulnerabilities detected in libXfont, posing escalation and DoS threats. Gentoo users advised to apply updates.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libXfont, the worst of which allow for local privilege escalation.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libXfont. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service high severity local escalation libXfont

Resolution

All libXfont users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/libXfont-1.4.8"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-0209 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0209 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-0210 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0210 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-0211 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0211

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-11
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: libXfont: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 14, 2014
Bugs: #510250
ID: 201406-11

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service high severity local escalation libXfont

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libXfont, the worst of which allow for local privilege escalation.

Background

libXfont is an X11 font rasterisation library.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 x11-libs/libXfont < 1.4.8 >= 1.4.8

Impact

===== A context-dependent attacker could use a specially crafted file to gain privileges, cause a Denial of Service condition or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.