Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2015-597
Advisory Release Date: 2015-09-22 10:00 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2015-09-22 10:00 Pacific
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
An integer overflow flaw was found in the way libXfont processed certain Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF) fonts. A malicious, local user could use this flaw to crash the X.Org server or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the X.Org server. (CVE-2015-1802)
An integer truncation flaw was discovered in the way libXfont processed certain Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF) fonts. A malicious, local user could use this flaw to crash the X.Org server or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the X.Org server. (CVE-2015-1804)
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was discovered in the way libXfont processed certain Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF) fonts. A malicious, local user could use this flaw to crash the X.Org server. (CVE-2015-1803)
Affected Packages:
libXfont
Issue Correction:
Run yum update libXfont to update your system.
i686:
libXfont-debuginfo-1.4.5-5.12.amzn1.i686
libXfont-devel-1.4.5-5.12.amzn1.i686
libXfont-1.4.5-5.12.amzn1.i686
src:
libXfont-1.4.5-5.12.amzn1.src
x86_64:
libXfont-devel-1.4.5-5.12.amzn1.x86_64
libXfont-1.4.5-5.12.amzn1.x86_64
libXfont-debuginfo-1.4.5-5.12.amzn1.x86_64