MGASA-2014-0278

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    MGASA-2014-0278

    Published: 4 Jul 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated libxfont packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: Ilja van Sprundel discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled font metadata file parsing. A local attacker could use this issue to cause libXfont to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code in order to gain privileges (CVE-2014-0209). Ilja van Sprundel discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled X Font Server replies. A malicious font server could return specially-crafted data that could cause libXfont to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2014-0210, CVE-2014-0211).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0278.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13373, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2211-1/, http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-May/002431.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxfont

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libxfont?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.4.5-3.2.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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