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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201406-11">
+ <title>libXfont: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
+ <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libXfont, the worst of
+ which allow for local privilege escalation.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">libXfont</product>
+ <announced>June 14, 2014</announced>
+ <revised>June 14, 2014: 1</revised>
+ <bug>510250</bug>
+ <access>local, remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="x11-libs/libXfont" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.4.8</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.8</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>libXfont is an X11 font rasterisation library. </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libXfont. Please review
+ the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>A context-dependent attacker could use a specially crafted file to gain
+ privileges, cause a Denial of Service condition or possibly execute
+ arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All libXfont users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=x11-libs/libXfont-1.4.8"
+ </code>
+
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0209">CVE-2014-0209</uri>
+ <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0210">CVE-2014-0210</uri>
+ <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0211">CVE-2014-0211</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 10 Jun 2014 00:46:03 +0000">
+ BlueKnight
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 14 Jun 2014 08:39:05 +0000">Zlogene</metadata>
+</glsa>