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Package        : libxfont
Version        : 1:1.4.5-5+deb7u1
CVE IDs        : CVE-2017-13720 CVE-2017-13722

It was discovered that there two vulnerabilities the library providing
font selection and rasterisation, libxfont:

  * CVE-2017-13720: If a pattern contained a '?' character any character
    in the string is skipped even if it was a '\0'. The rest of the
    matching then read invalid memory.

  * CVE-2017-13722: A malformed PCF file could cause the library to make
    reads from random heap memory that was behind the `strings` buffer,
    leading to an application crash or a information leak.

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", this issue has been fixed in libxfont version
1:1.4.5-5+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxfont packages.


Regards,

- -- 
      ,''`.
     : :'  :     Chris Lamb
     `. `'`      lamby@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk
       `-

Debian LTS: DLA-1126-1: libxfont security update

October 7, 2017
It was discovered that there two vulnerabilities the library providing font selection and rasterisation, libxfont: * CVE-2017-13720: If a pattern contained a '?' character any char...

Summary

* CVE-2017-13720: If a pattern contained a '?' character any character
in the string is skipped even if it was a '\0'. The rest of the
matching then read invalid memory.

* CVE-2017-13722: A malformed PCF file could cause the library to make
reads from random heap memory that was behind the `strings` buffer,
leading to an application crash or a information leak.

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", this issue has been fixed in libxfont version
1:1.4.5-5+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxfont packages.


Regards,

- --
,''`.
: :' : Chris Lamb
`. `'` lamby@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk
`-



Severity
Package : libxfont
Version : 1:1.4.5-5+deb7u1

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