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[Mikle Kolyada (zlogene)]

zlogene     14/06/14 08:40:25

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  GLSA 201406-11

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd";>
<glsa id="201406-11">
  <title>libXfont: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libXfont, the worst of
    which allow for local privilege escalation. 
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">libXfont</product>
  <announced>June 14, 2014</announced>
  <revised>June 14, 2014: 1</revised>
  <bug>510250</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="x11-libs/libXfont" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.4.8</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.8</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>libXfont is an X11 font rasterisation library. </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libXfont. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>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.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All libXfont users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=x11-libs/libXfont-1.4.8"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri 
link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0209";>CVE-2014-0209</uri>
    <uri 
link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0210";>CVE-2014-0210</uri>
    <uri 
link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0211";>CVE-2014-0211</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 10 Jun 2014 00:46:03 +0000">
    BlueKnight
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 14 Jun 2014 08:39:05 
+0000">Zlogene</metadata>
</glsa>