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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201402-23">
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<title>libXfont: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
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<synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libXfont, the worst of
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which allow for local privilege escalation.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">libxfont</product>
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<announced>2014-02-21</announced>
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<revised count="1">2014-02-21</revised>
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<bug>378797</bug>
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<bug>497416</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="x11-libs/libXfont" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.4.7 </unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.4.7 </vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>libXfont is an X11 font rasterisation library.</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libXfont. Please review
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the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="high">
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<p>A local attacker could use a specially crafted file to gain privileges
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or cause a Denial of Service condition.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All libXfont users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/libXfont-1.4.7 "
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2895">CVE-2011-2895</uri>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6462">CVE-2013-6462</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2011-10-07T23:37:46Z">
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underling
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-02-21T15:29:10Z">Zlogene</metadata>
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</glsa>
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