Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 3995-1] libxfont security update

From	Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.security
Subject	Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 3995-1] libxfont security update
Date	2017-10-16 19:30 +0200
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On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 09:22:11PM +0200, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 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
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Package        : libxfont
> CVE ID         : CVE-2017-13720 CVE-2017-13722
> 
> Two vulnerabilities were found in libXfont, the X11 font rasterisation
> library, which could result in denial of service or memory disclosure.
> 
> For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
> in version 1:1.5.1-1+deb8u1.
> 
> For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
> version 1:2.0.1-3+deb9u1.
> 
> We recommend that you upgrade your libxfont packages.
>...

src:libxfont1 in stretch also requires the fixes.

cu
Adrian

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Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 3995-1] libxfont security update Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> - 2017-10-16 19:30 +0200
  Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 3995-1] libxfont security update Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> - 2017-10-16 19:50 +0200
    Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 3995-1] libxfont security update Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> - 2017-10-16 23:10 +0200

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