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Gentoo update for libXfont Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA21908  
Release Date: 2006-09-14

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x


CVE reference:CVE-2006-3739 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2006-3740 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Gentoo 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:
SA21864

Solution:
Update to "x11-libs/libXfont-1.2.1" or later.

Gentoo advises users of the monolithic xorg-x11 packages to migrate to the modular packages.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200609-07.xml

Other References:
SA21864:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21864/



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