RHSA-2014:1870

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2014-11-18 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 10:53
Summary
security update for libXfont
Severity
Important
Notes
Title of the patch: security update for libXfont
Description of the patch: This security update provides a functional equivalent of RHSA-2014:1870. The original Red Hat(R) advisory is available from the Red Hat web site at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1870.
Patchnames: RHSA-2014:1870
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2014-0209
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:libXfont-0:1.4.7-2.el7_0.i686 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:libXfont-0:1.4.7-2.el7_0.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:libXfont-devel-0:1.4.7-2.el7_0.i686 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:libXfont-devel-0:1.4.7-2.el7_0.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact moderate
CVE-2014-0210
Affected products
Recommended 4 products, the same list as for CVE-2014-0209
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2014-0211
Affected products
Recommended 4 products, the same list as for CVE-2014-0209
Threats
Impact important
References
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