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TITLE:
Mandriva update for libxfont

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28571

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28571/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Mandriva Linux 2007
http://secunia.com/product/12165/

DESCRIPTION:
Mandriva has issued an update for libxfont. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA28532

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

Mandriva Linux 2007

de2a22a48e7cd0f6fcd4029488c3b724 
2007.0/i586/libxfont1-1.1.0-4.3mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
606851fb030d7f7d823b7937b0bd5edc 
2007.0/i586/libxfont1-devel-1.1.0-4.3mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
4cdcd0cd1bfaf72fca9a91a8b1ebf2db 
2007.0/i586/libxfont1-static-devel-1.1.0-4.3mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 
662b54bd2bee49585526a91812df5ef3 
2007.0/SRPMS/libxfont-1.1.0-4.3mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64

5194fbab1156016018e1c84256e35a9c 
2007.0/x86_64/lib64xfont1-1.1.0-4.3mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
c1bdcc83564f38832c3d1c6747b95f15 
2007.0/x86_64/lib64xfont1-devel-1.1.0-4.3mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
0f04e1dfcb4c00a1c9a3dc4b343d9046 
2007.0/x86_64/lib64xfont1-static-devel-1.1.0-4.3mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm

662b54bd2bee49585526a91812df5ef3 
2007.0/SRPMS/libxfont-1.1.0-4.3mdv2007.0.src.rpm

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:024

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28532:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28532/

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