From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Wed Jan 23 2008 - 14:17:04 CST

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TITLE:
Fedora update for libXfont

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28500

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28500/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 7
http://secunia.com/product/15552/
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/product/16769/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for libXfont. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

For more information:
SA28532

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

-- Fedora 7 --

1abee4f6382d77b18380b62bc93d6ebcf9ff3d5b
libXfont-debuginfo-1.2.9-3.fc7.ppc64.rpm
26064c202e1f72378dddffa2d67379b0798812c8
libXfont-devel-1.2.9-3.fc7.ppc64.rpm
80d0e6d684fad97bb7fa9c7ac3fd6696414fed41
libXfont-1.2.9-3.fc7.ppc64.rpm
397ede7646d407f7ad378191e81ff041b104fe4e
libXfont-debuginfo-1.2.9-3.fc7.i386.rpm
71b600559094d736eda79478724f727b79de72de
libXfont-devel-1.2.9-3.fc7.i386.rpm
d549935e282061059ed038c447b119e4c797c0e6
libXfont-1.2.9-3.fc7.i386.rpm
4be18dadb722d2e5f90dd3b1104f749292cc9162
libXfont-debuginfo-1.2.9-3.fc7.x86_64.rpm
c108759b4f2d560ed2efff16beb551d0790c74b7
libXfont-1.2.9-3.fc7.x86_64.rpm
5bccd560713d698e4478b91dc35b320f488eb22b
libXfont-devel-1.2.9-3.fc7.x86_64.rpm
0a9ba458464bd1ea7ede5e4ecf796dd48769c174
libXfont-debuginfo-1.2.9-3.fc7.ppc.rpm
9034776dfb6309621435809aa1f3a15fdbb6c290
libXfont-devel-1.2.9-3.fc7.ppc.rpm
7f715606185271404684d5e0edee5514f03829f5
libXfont-1.2.9-3.fc7.ppc.rpm
225367431ad0b28e673b187773c5c32073b929f8
libXfont-1.2.9-3.fc7.src.rpm

-- Fedora 8 --

90ddbe53973110318f542b58f0c5129eac810f70
libXfont-debuginfo-1.3.1-2.fc8.ppc64.rpm
5522e05e6b677bd3f39a03a819a831ec8cbcdeb5
libXfont-devel-1.3.1-2.fc8.ppc64.rpm
a1d73ad828b14abda0db3b48d3ceb7ef735b8e5f
libXfont-1.3.1-2.fc8.ppc64.rpm
e38ec3ab2d62b6dd83fb75ffd709401768192409
libXfont-debuginfo-1.3.1-2.fc8.i386.rpm
b3542ffe428cc16c0c806b0aa3fb8680d14f0587
libXfont-devel-1.3.1-2.fc8.i386.rpm
e5deb9de3bc594b48ba5f22b9a4c557376e1fd17
libXfont-1.3.1-2.fc8.i386.rpm
b2fe10c4bee6f4cc6b8801ad59279f97510dd1f1
libXfont-debuginfo-1.3.1-2.fc8.x86_64.rpm
95e1c4408daf5c8444d61972e33e103256b75da5
libXfont-devel-1.3.1-2.fc8.x86_64.rpm
725bd5b66b52683e84c5f3412482f8ba6d1415f2
libXfont-1.3.1-2.fc8.x86_64.rpm
815ca48769898279b889cbaa9c803a299a9ec6dc
libXfont-debuginfo-1.3.1-2.fc8.ppc.rpm
7cdc60e0c429da43091940a913a87e749a69f4d8
libXfont-devel-1.3.1-2.fc8.ppc.rpm
81c55ea1af85d268527f03dc10c01a98c9524ac4
libXfont-1.3.1-2.fc8.ppc.rpm
0f39a0a56c630212e75ce93373e0cf61925bd7a3 libXfont-1.3.1-2.fc8.src.rpm

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00771.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00674.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28532:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28532/

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