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libxfont package

libxfont 1:1.4.4-1ubuntu0.3 source package in Ubuntu

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libxfont (1:1.4.4-1ubuntu0.3) precise-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: arbitrary code exection via invalid property count
    - debian/patches/CVE-2015-1802.patch: check for integer overflow in
      src/bitmap/bdfread.c.
    - CVE-2015-1802
  * SECURITY UPDATE: arbitrary code execution via bitmap data parse failure
    - debian/patches/CVE-2015-1803.patch: bail out if bitmap can't be read
      in src/bitmap/bdfread.c.
    - CVE-2015-1803
  * SECURITY UPDATE: arbitrary code execution via invalid metrics
    - debian/patches/CVE-2015-1804.patch: ensure metrics fit in struct in
      src/bitmap/bdfread.c.
    - CVE-2015-1804
 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden>   Wed, 18 Mar 2015 07:33:04 -0400

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Uploaded by:
Marc Deslauriers
Uploaded to:
Precise
Original maintainer:
Ubuntu Developers
Architectures:
any
Section:
x11
Urgency:
Medium Urgency

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Binary packages built by this source

libxfont-dev: X11 font rasterisation library (development headers)

 libXfont provides various services for X servers, most notably font
 selection and rasterisation (through external libraries).
 .
 This package contains the development headers for the library found in
 libxfont1. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
 .
 More information about X.Org can be found at:
 <URL:http://www.X.org>
 .
 This module can be found at
 git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXfont

libxfont1: X11 font rasterisation library

 libXfont provides various services for X servers, most notably font
 selection and rasterisation (through external libraries).
 .
 More information about X.Org can be found at:
 <URL:http://www.X.org>
 .
 This module can be found at
 git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXfont

libxfont1-dbg: X11 font rasterisation library (debug package)

 libXfont provides various services for X servers, most notably font
 selection and rasterisation (through external libraries).
 .
 This package contains the debug versions of the library found in libxfont1.
 Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
 .
 More information about X.Org can be found at:
 <URL:http://www.X.org>
 .
 This module can be found at
 git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXfont

libxfont1-udeb: X11 font rasterisation library

 This is a udeb, or a microdeb, for the debian-installer.