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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-132

Posted Jul 9, 2014

Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-132 - 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. 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.

tags | advisory, arbitrary, local

systems | linux, mandriva

advisories | CVE-2014-0209, CVE-2014-0210, CVE-2014-0211

SHA-256 | a4f3d44d99aa0a2d98e7f2df1623d77ce0f0ec2d2f0537aabb6e91e3c2406292

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