- Issued:
- 2008-01-17
- Updated:
- 2008-01-17
RHSA-2008:0064 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Important: libXfont security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
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.
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.
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
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.1 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.1 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 428044 - CVE-2008-0006 Xorg / XFree86 PCF font parser buffer overflow
CVEs
Note:
More recent versions of these packages may be available.
Click a package name for more details.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 277cd61c8c16ce967075332bc54d1b77fcba47192e99be2917532be6a706781e |
| x86_64 | |
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: bbd56e663776786ad35beac8597e71f1f6105d63dd0a016048cf8048f889bf2f |
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 60ffb79f61b2941d5e272f388407b2e78dba58e4ad32fa1061ba0c427d9163ac |
| libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7fe73e7c220d03bc9df758b21104dd70c45e8bc5d6d4a0b59862f94f30afbf6f |
| libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 694599c0341ee8ac9e9bb2529b63693f48384c2eddd716d04950a488f56df3d4 |
| ia64 | |
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 87099b5a2c63d1f32d0df60c921d7f5a71f3394f81f94241f69566529ac11c82 |
| libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: a15d02baa0129ae29b4f4571c96b37a49d853ed92e8385dadc2cd3d5dda1c4f0 |
| i386 | |
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: bbd56e663776786ad35beac8597e71f1f6105d63dd0a016048cf8048f889bf2f |
| libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7fe73e7c220d03bc9df758b21104dd70c45e8bc5d6d4a0b59862f94f30afbf6f |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| x86_64 | |
| ia64 | |
| i386 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 277cd61c8c16ce967075332bc54d1b77fcba47192e99be2917532be6a706781e |
| x86_64 | |
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: bbd56e663776786ad35beac8597e71f1f6105d63dd0a016048cf8048f889bf2f |
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 60ffb79f61b2941d5e272f388407b2e78dba58e4ad32fa1061ba0c427d9163ac |
| libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7fe73e7c220d03bc9df758b21104dd70c45e8bc5d6d4a0b59862f94f30afbf6f |
| libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 694599c0341ee8ac9e9bb2529b63693f48384c2eddd716d04950a488f56df3d4 |
| i386 | |
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: bbd56e663776786ad35beac8597e71f1f6105d63dd0a016048cf8048f889bf2f |
| libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7fe73e7c220d03bc9df758b21104dd70c45e8bc5d6d4a0b59862f94f30afbf6f |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 277cd61c8c16ce967075332bc54d1b77fcba47192e99be2917532be6a706781e |
| x86_64 | |
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: bbd56e663776786ad35beac8597e71f1f6105d63dd0a016048cf8048f889bf2f |
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 60ffb79f61b2941d5e272f388407b2e78dba58e4ad32fa1061ba0c427d9163ac |
| i386 | |
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: bbd56e663776786ad35beac8597e71f1f6105d63dd0a016048cf8048f889bf2f |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 277cd61c8c16ce967075332bc54d1b77fcba47192e99be2917532be6a706781e |
| s390x | |
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 7515dc17fd2fb1b3f2a0dd49a5c9edb91cb648f271d98f6a7a3ce66b8cf2fa93 |
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: dc0118758bd39707c282d6dad88fa4f680ec5ceb9e0dee63612a822aa0ae84cc |
| libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 37c2db6402f518b4c18897e3866f42a569527e5858c2bde1c7afd336b05529ee |
| libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: dd0c890f60788eb86f9708b26949c9dec9aba3a3de11585bd74455b2ccaf0b87 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.1
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| s390x |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 277cd61c8c16ce967075332bc54d1b77fcba47192e99be2917532be6a706781e |
| ppc | |
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 7eedce432807a179d4b678242b451546d7689660e00759514c5b7668eae07598 |
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 196d03fec4556b11acb24b88861719a3b0a90a5e10e9fd66a5cafdd0ba4431db |
| libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 020e2fd63e3487639ea543a3111d29e16423b0ddc4d30ad54e454db654898419 |
| libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 2585893cac3f65884e0f2f103ba7a5449b5372e2167e24add4bdf32fbc5a031a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.1
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| ppc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 277cd61c8c16ce967075332bc54d1b77fcba47192e99be2917532be6a706781e |
| x86_64 | |
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: bbd56e663776786ad35beac8597e71f1f6105d63dd0a016048cf8048f889bf2f |
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 60ffb79f61b2941d5e272f388407b2e78dba58e4ad32fa1061ba0c427d9163ac |
| libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7fe73e7c220d03bc9df758b21104dd70c45e8bc5d6d4a0b59862f94f30afbf6f |
| libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 694599c0341ee8ac9e9bb2529b63693f48384c2eddd716d04950a488f56df3d4 |
| i386 | |
| libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: bbd56e663776786ad35beac8597e71f1f6105d63dd0a016048cf8048f889bf2f |
| libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7fe73e7c220d03bc9df758b21104dd70c45e8bc5d6d4a0b59862f94f30afbf6f |
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