Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1191-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Tomas Hoger discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled certain malformed compressed fonts. An attacker could use a specially crafted font file to cause libXfont to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code in order to gain privileges.
Affected
libxfont on Ubuntu 11.04 ,
Ubuntu 10.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-2895 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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