Scientific Linux alert SL-libX-20110811 (libXfont)

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Troy Dawson <dawson@fnal.gov> 
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"scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov" <scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov> 
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Security ERRATA Important: libXfont on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 
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Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:10:11 -0500
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Synopsis:    Important: libXfont security update
Issue Date:  2011-08-11
CVE Numbers: CVE-2011-2895
              CVE-2011-2895


The libXfont packages provide the X.Org libXfont runtime library. X.Org 
is an open source implementation of the X Window System.

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the libXfont library, used 
by the X.Org server, handled malformed font files compressed using UNIX
compress. A malicious, local user could exploit this issue to 
potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the X.Org 
server. (CVE-2011-2895)

Users of libXfont should upgrade to these updated packages, which 
contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. All running X.Org 
server instances must be restarted for the update to take effect.

SL5:
   i386
      libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.4.el5_7.i386.rpm
      libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.4.el5_7.i386.rpm
   x86_64
      libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.4.el5_7.i386.rpm
      libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.4.el5_7.x86_64.rpm
      libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.4.el5_7.i386.rpm
      libXfont-devel-1.2.2-1.0.4.el5_7.x86_64.rpm
SL6:
   i386
      libXfont-1.4.1-2.el6_1.i686.rpm
      libXfont-devel-1.4.1-2.el6_1.i686.rpm
   x86_64
      libXfont-1.4.1-2.el6_1.i686.rpm
      libXfont-1.4.1-2.el6_1.x86_64.rpm
      libXfont-devel-1.4.1-2.el6_1.i686.rpm
      libXfont-devel-1.4.1-2.el6_1.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team