[ALSA-2026:55446] Important: libXfont2 security update
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2026-08-18
Description:
X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library Security Fix(es): * libxfont2: Font Server Client encoding[] Out-Of-Bounds Read/Write (CVE-2026-59679) * libxfonts2: libXfont2: Privilege Escalation via Heap Buffer Overflow in Font Server Client (CVE-2026-44950) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
References:
Updated packages listed below:
Architecture Package Checksum
aarch64 libXfont2-2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.aarch64.rpm 3e472835f676af4cf8a98c07913551337602c9dd2f07dbabfd12d2399c283bc9
aarch64 libXfont2-devel-2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.aarch64.rpm cefacf266ee0f57e8f3fe417e6a7fb478591a69ce5138183080b287478ba824f
i686 libXfont2-devel-2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.i686.rpm 370d66a90e8f66a7287c5d9d518f8a204ab35812f2f8199d0c92da3f0d4ca81a
i686 libXfont2-2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.i686.rpm 5e6d1799056a7135ef4c8a81dbfd4d808e96e29aa53224859af6060bbca17eb8
ppc64le libXfont2-2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.ppc64le.rpm 8c14e7abd1e177adaf0d2700092d555d9cb0d8db124a21a08e3e7fdee09531c7
ppc64le libXfont2-devel-2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.ppc64le.rpm e8dd40951c1efe78c7377fb248fbcd2d75d3883ef8f74b8717f7c68c9412f47b
s390x libXfont2-devel-2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.s390x.rpm 55af3f6b29f4b3754d0efebeceec64a55b0b16701f410915fa7414007f8435f2
s390x libXfont2-2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.s390x.rpm 69459a7babd65ef73cb352b009bd9710e80fc24b8596fbcb5a21e8631391a35c
x86_64 libXfont2-devel-2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.x86_64.rpm c05fea008048c509d963934c986d22d77e21ee3e976e3fe592f48ccea9fe6f40
x86_64 libXfont2-2.0.3-2.el8_10.3.x86_64.rpm f37e9e8a3fc77f9b475fe6a9ca7e0955d6d508db317613b94e20753366fb4338
Notes:
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