<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201402-23"> <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>2014-02-21</announced> <revised count="1">2014-02-21</revised> <bug>378797</bug> <bug>497416</bug> <access>local</access> <affected> <package name="x11-libs/libXfont" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.4.7 </unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.7 </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 local attacker could use a specially crafted file to gain privileges or cause a Denial of Service condition. </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 ">=x11-libs/libXfont-1.4.7 " </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2895">CVE-2011-2895</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6462">CVE-2013-6462</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2011-10-07T23:37:46Z"> underling </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-02-21T15:29:10Z">Zlogene</metadata> </glsa>