CVE-2011-2895 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2011-2895: The LZW decompressor in (1) the BufCompressedFill function in fontfile/decompress.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.4 and (2) compress/compress.c in 4.3BSD, as used in zopen.c in OpenBSD before 3.8, FreeBSD, NetBSD 4.0.x and 5.0.x before 5.0.3 and 5.1.x before 5.1.1, FreeType 2.1.9, and other products,

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2011-2895 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libxfont→ fixed in1:1.4.4-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libxfont
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libxfont→ fixed in1:1.4.4-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libxfont
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libxfont→ fixed in1:1.4.4-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libxfont
```

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