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Mandriva Security Update Fixes libXfont PCF Buffer Overflow Vulnerability


Title : Mandriva Security Update Fixes libXfont PCF Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0269
CVE ID : CVE-2008-0006
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-01-25

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A vulnerability has been identified in Mandriva, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code [...]

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages :

Mandriva Linux 2007.0:
de2a22a48e7cd0f6fcd4029488c3b724 2007.0/i586/libxfont1-1.1.0-4.3mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
606851fb030d7f7d823b7937b0bd5edc 2007.0/i586/libxfont1-devel-1.1.0-4.3mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
4cdcd0cd1bfaf72fca9a91a8b1ebf2db 2007.0/i586/libxfont1-static-devel-1.1.0-4.3mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
662b54bd2bee49585526a91812df5ef3 2007.0/SRPMS/libxfont-1.1.0-4.3mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64:
5194fbab1156016018e1c84256e35a9c 2007.0/x86_64/lib64xfont1-1.1.0-4.3mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
c1bdcc83564f38832c3d1c6747b95f15 2007.0/x86_64/lib64xfont1-devel-1.1.0-4.3mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
0f04e1dfcb4c00a1c9a3dc4b343d9046 2007.0/x86_64/lib64xfont1-static-devel-1.1.0-4.3mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
662b54bd2bee49585526a91812df5ef3 2007.0/SRPMS/libxfont-1.1.0-4.3mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.1:
1eb6a6ab126948a6de556626bb5acdf6 2007.1/i586/libxfont1-1.2.7-1.2mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
f191e395133848b99a526ef4126da15c 2007.1/i586/libxfont1-devel-1.2.7-1.2mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
669ff7732d4a64830806b11a895c1fe9 2007.1/i586/libxfont1-static-devel-1.2.7-1.2mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
952bff2032efe5741eba6642efcca297 2007.1/SRPMS/libxfont-1.2.7-1.2mdv2007.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64:
c2f41cfbfa369948be6bd3aa02a6e440 2007.1/x86_64/lib64xfont1-1.2.7-1.2mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
f04821e7e5501030441235867eeaf29d 2007.1/x86_64/lib64xfont1-devel-1.2.7-1.2mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
f0779a2188eff86c547becb7887e9139 2007.1/x86_64/lib64xfont1-static-devel-1.2.7-1.2mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
952bff2032efe5741eba6642efcca297 2007.1/SRPMS/libxfont-1.2.7-1.2mdv2007.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
59b42399eb714d9c602cd60c593198c4 2008.0/i586/libxfont1-1.3.0-3.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
b046056a0a1c7a45adb9302474c638a9 2008.0/i586/libxfont1-devel-1.3.0-3.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
f5bf67b39474def8949289e87e7cb4a1 2008.0/i586/libxfont1-static-devel-1.3.0-3.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
2bfb7cf39a5bdddce7845341fe1f887a 2008.0/SRPMS/libxfont-1.3.0-3.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
1c939b9c9cd5f66fdf31d88435c47189 2008.0/x86_64/lib64xfont1-1.3.0-3.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
f1ed2695c9c5b4822384327b1b242799 2008.0/x86_64/lib64xfont1-devel-1.3.0-3.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
ca468b32d0624f0faacb6e4f06402382 2008.0/x86_64/lib64xfont1-static-devel-1.3.0-3.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
2bfb7cf39a5bdddce7845341fe1f887a 2008.0/SRPMS/libxfont-1.3.0-3.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

ChangeLog

2008-01-25 : Initial release

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