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X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library
libXfont2 2.0.9 (CVE-2026-59679, CVE-2026-44950)
* Wed Aug 5 2026 Peter Hutterer - 2.0.9-1 - libXfont2 2.0.9 (CVE-2026-59679, CVE-2026-44950) * Thu Jul 23 2026 Peter Hutterer - 2.0.8-3 - Disable X fontserver support. Deprecated for decades and this rules out a set of potential vulnerabilities. * Thu Jul 16 2026 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.0.8-2 - Rebuilt for
* Wed Aug 5 2026 Peter Hutterer - 2.0.9-1 - libXfont2 2.0.9 (CVE-2026-59679, CVE-2026-44950) * Thu Jul 23 2026 Peter Hutterer - 2.0.8-3 - Disable X fontserver support. Deprecated for decades and this rules out a set of potential vulnerabilities. * Thu Jul 16 2026 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.0.8-2 - Rebuilt for
Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2026-4f471dd34a 2026-08-07 01:36:33.274488+00:00 Name : libXfont2 Product : Fedora 43 Version : 2.0.9 Release : 1.fc43 URL : Summary : X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library Description : X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-4f471dd34a' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
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