Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 3995-1] libxfont security update
On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 09:22:11PM +0200, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
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> Debian Security Advisory DSA-3995-1 security@debian.org
> https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
> October 10, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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> Package : libxfont
> CVE ID : CVE-2017-13720 CVE-2017-13722
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> Two vulnerabilities were found in libXfont, the X11 font rasterisation
> library, which could result in denial of service or memory disclosure.
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> For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
> in version 1:1.5.1-1+deb8u1.
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> For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
> version 1:2.0.1-3+deb9u1.
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> We recommend that you upgrade your libxfont packages.
>...
src:libxfont1 in stretch also requires the fixes.
cu
Adrian
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