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TITLE:
Gentoo update for libXfont and tightvnc

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25195

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25195/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for libXfont and tightvnc. This fixes
some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local
users to gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA24741

SOLUTION:
Update to "x11-libs/libXfont-1.2.7-r1" or later and
"net-misc/tightvnc-1.2.9-r4" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-10.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24741:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24741/

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