RHEL 10 : libXfont2 (RHSA-2026:47079)

high Nessus Plugin ID 330441

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libXfont2.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:47079 advisory.

X.Org X11 libXfont2 runtime library

Security Fix(es):

* libXfont2: BitmapScaleBitmaps Integer Overflow Heap Buffer Overflow (CVE-2026-56001)

* libXfont2: PCF Font Parsing Heap Buffer Overflow (CVE-2026-56002)

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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL libXfont2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:47079.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 330441

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-47079.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/28/2026

Updated: 7/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.1

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-56002

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxfont2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxfont2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-56001, CVE-2026-56002

CWE: 787

RHSA: 2026:47079

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