Fedora alert FEDORA-2026-c864897d56 (libXfont2)

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[SECURITY] Fedora 44 Update: libXfont2-2.0.9-1.fc44
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2026-c864897d56
2026-08-06 17:15:39.889686+00:00
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Name        : libXfont2
Product     : Fedora 44
Version     : 2.0.9
Release     : 1.fc44
URL         : http://www.x.org
Summary     : X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library
Description :
X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library

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Update Information:

libXfont2 2.0.9 (CVE-2026-59679, CVE-2026-44950)
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Aug  5 2026 Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@redhat.com> - 2.0.9-1
- libXfont2 2.0.9 (CVE-2026-59679, CVE-2026-44950)
* Thu Jul 23 2026 Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@redhat.com> - 2.0.8-3
- Disable X fontserver support. Deprecated for decades and this rules out a set
  of potential vulnerabilities.
* Thu Jul 16 2026 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.0.8-2
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_45_Mass_Rebuild
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
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http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgr...

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