Red Hat Security AdvisoryRHSA-2015:1708
libXfont security update
Released 2015-09-03 · Red Hat rating Important · View on Red Hat →
Fixed in
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) libXfont-1.4.7-3.el7_1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libXfont-devel-1.4.7-3.el7_1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) libXfont-1.4.7-3.el7_1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) libXfont-devel-1.4.7-3.el7_1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) libXfont-1.4.5-5.el6_7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) libXfont-1.4.5-5.el6_7, libXfont-devel-1.4.5-5.el6_7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) libXfont-1.4.5-5.el6_7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) libXfont-1.4.5-5.el6_7, libXfont-devel-1.4.5-5.el6_7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) libXfont-1.4.5-5.el6_7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) libXfont-1.4.7-3.ael7b_1, libXfont-1.4.7-3.el7_1, libXfont-1.4.7-3.el7_1.ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) libXfont-1.4.5-5.el6_7, libXfont-1.4.5-5.el6_7.ppc, libXfont-devel-1.4.5-5.el6_7 +1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) libXfont-devel-1.4.7-3.ael7b_1, libXfont-devel-1.4.7-3.el7_1, libXfont-devel-1.4.7-3.el7_1.ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) libXfont-1.4.5-5.el6_7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) libXfont-1.4.7-3.el7_1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) libXfont-1.4.5-5.el6_7, libXfont-devel-1.4.5-5.el6_7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) libXfont-devel-1.4.7-3.el7_1
Fixes 3 records
Priority MEDIUM 45
The bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 does not properly perform type conversion for metrics values, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a de…
CVSS 2.0HIGH 8.5· Network · Low privileges · Interaction — · EPSS 0.04945 · Published 2015-03-20 · Partial fix CWE-189
Priority MEDIUM 45
The bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 does not properly handle character bitmaps it cannot read, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denia…
CVSS 2.0HIGH 8.5· Network · Low privileges · Interaction — · EPSS 0.04886 · Published 2015-03-20 · Partial fix
Priority MEDIUM 45
The bdfReadProperties function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute…
CVSS 2.0HIGH 8.5· Network · Low privileges · Interaction — · EPSS 0.04886 · Published 2015-03-20 · Partial fix CWE-119
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