Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2014-404)
🗓️ 08 Sep 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 123 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medium: libXfont | 17 Sep 201400:00 | – | amazon | |
| Amazon Linux AMI : libXfont (ALAS-2014-404) | 12 Oct 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 6 / 7 : libXfont (CESA-2014:1870) | 19 Nov 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 5 : libXfont (CESA-2014:1893) | 26 Nov 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-2927-1 : libxfont - security update | 14 May 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 20 : libXfont-1.4.8-1.fc20 (2014-8208) | 16 Jul 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 19 : libXfont-1.4.8-1.fc19 (2014-8223) | 23 Jul 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 21 : nx-libs-3.5.0.29-1.fc21 (2015-3948) | 27 Mar 201500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 22 : nx-libs-3.5.0.29-1.fc22 (2015-3953) | 23 Mar 201500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 20 : nx-libs-3.5.0.29-1.fc20 (2015-3964) | 27 Mar 201500:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| alas | www.alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-404.html |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120495");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0209", "CVE-2014-0210", "CVE-2014-0211");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-08 11:27:44 +0000 (Tue, 08 Sep 2015)");
script_version("2025-01-23T05:37:38+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-01-23 05:37:38 +0000 (Thu, 23 Jan 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2014-404)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/amazon_linux", "ssh/login/release");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"ALAS-2014-404");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-404.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'libXfont' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2014-404 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple integer overflows in the (1) fs_get_reply, (2) fs_alloc_glyphs, and (3) fs_read_extent_info functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 allow remote font servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted xfs reply, which triggers a buffer overflow.
Multiple buffer overflows in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 allow remote font servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted xfs protocol reply to the (1) _fs_recv_conn_setup, (2) fs_read_open_font, (3) fs_read_query_info, (4) fs_read_extent_info, (5) fs_read_glyphs, (6) fs_read_list, or (7) fs_read_list_info function.
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) FontFileAddEntry and (2) lexAlias functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 might allow local users to gain privileges by adding a directory with a large fonts.dir or fonts.alias file to the font path, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to metadata.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'libXfont' package(s) on Amazon Linux.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "AMAZON") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libXfont", rpm:"libXfont~1.4.5~3.9.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libXfont-debuginfo", rpm:"libXfont-debuginfo~1.4.5~3.9.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libXfont-devel", rpm:"libXfont-devel~1.4.5~3.9.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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23 Jan 2025 00:00Current
6.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.5
CVSS 27.5
EPSS0.04362