[ALSA-2026:55447] 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 libXfont2-2.0.3-12.el9_8.3.aarch64.rpm 5cbc8bf26afa252edd456b904eb6dfc6abec330bc88a87915dd538f61a5e7f24
aarch64 libXfont2-devel-2.0.3-12.el9_8.3.aarch64.rpm 96af6079bd8e7ed6efb6347e1d362049c7e73e75ce10187578b57f70ad8d1538
i686 libXfont2-2.0.3-12.el9_8.3.i686.rpm 0d968a583d488ff035e4400190e91334f03b3d78834d4c18469a47dc1e41393c
i686 libXfont2-devel-2.0.3-12.el9_8.3.i686.rpm df2eeb4710c94b93bbbbb54eed08c220703f61f1d2ddce421387abbbc52d3df3
ppc64le libXfont2-devel-2.0.3-12.el9_8.3.ppc64le.rpm 2d209e881c50ebed509b327ccdde20ac29cebe79597ded66257fde87b756c3af
ppc64le libXfont2-2.0.3-12.el9_8.3.ppc64le.rpm 487ce02a04f1c52d9ddeb2a07e8676061a70a2df9007fae4a41277b0670222eb
s390x libXfont2-2.0.3-12.el9_8.3.s390x.rpm 06981a7e978f02dd1bd51b8a8a78553978e407bd4ef358466d998ae280c53280
s390x libXfont2-devel-2.0.3-12.el9_8.3.s390x.rpm c8f68b4265542d1c2c473325c7adba0e22702d2683834176191dca7d72ef31b3
x86_64 libXfont2-2.0.3-12.el9_8.3.x86_64.rpm 4dc09d143d8d0494277bc678d742a3f01724a9b2ff5bfce73aea9030179701a5
x86_64 libXfont2-devel-2.0.3-12.el9_8.3.x86_64.rpm e76098f2023b006541e726037333541d26268cfc5e6e51a3bf9d3162c3305506
Notes:
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