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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="201801-10">
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<title>LibXfont, LibXfont2: Arbitrary file access</title>
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<synopsis>A vulnerability has been found in LibXfont and LibXfont2 which may
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allow for arbitrary file access.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">LibXfont, LibXfont2</product>
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<announced>2018-01-08</announced>
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<revised count="1">2018-01-08</revised>
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<bug>639064</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">1.5.4</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.5.4</vulnerable>
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</package>
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<package name="x11-libs/libXfont2" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.0.3</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.0.3</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>X.Org Xfont library.</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>It was discovered that libXfont incorrectly followed symlinks when
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opening font files.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause the X server to
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access arbitrary files, including special device files.
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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-1.5.4"
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</code>
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<p>All LibXfont2 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/libXfont2-2.0.3"
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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-2017-16611">
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CVE-2017-16611
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</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-01-05T05:31:41Z">jmbailey</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-01-08T12:26:24Z">jmbailey</metadata>
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</glsa>
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