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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: libXfont security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0064-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0064.html
Issue date: 2008-01-17
CVE Names: CVE-2008-0006
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1. Summary:
An updated X.Org libXfont package that fixes a security issue is now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
The libXfont package contains the X.Org X11 libXfont runtime library.
A heap based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the X.Org server
handled malformed font files. A malicious local user could exploit this
issue to potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
X.Org server. (CVE-2008-0006)
Users of X.Org libXfont should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
428044 - CVE-2008-0006 Xorg / XFree86 PCF font parser buffer overflow
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.src.rpm
i386:
libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm
libXfont-debuginfo-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm
x86_64:
libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm
libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
libXfont-debuginfo-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm
libXfont-debuginfo-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.src.rpm
i386:
libXfont-debuginfo-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm
libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm
x86_64:
libXfont-debuginfo-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm
libXfont-debuginfo-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm
libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.src.rpm
i386:
libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm
libXfont-debuginfo-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm
libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm
ia64:
libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.ia64.rpm
libXfont-debuginfo-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.ia64.rpm
libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.ia64.rpm
ppc:
libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.ppc.rpm
libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.ppc64.rpm
libXfont-debuginfo-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.ppc.rpm
libXfont-debuginfo-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.ppc64.rpm
libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.ppc.rpm
libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.s390.rpm
libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.s390x.rpm
libXfont-debuginfo-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.s390.rpm
libXfont-debuginfo-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.s390x.rpm
libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.s390.rpm
libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm
libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
libXfont-debuginfo-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm
libXfont-debuginfo-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm
libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
7. References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0006
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2008 Red Hat, Inc.
