Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200609-04 (LibXfont) - Buffer overflow in PCF font parse
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 82 |
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![]() | RHEL 4 : xorg-x11 (RHSA-2006:0634) | 23 Aug 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 2.1 / 3 : XFree86 (RHSA-2006:0635) | 23 Aug 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DSA-1178-1 : freetype - integer overflow | 14 Oct 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : libxfont, xorg vulnerability (USN-341-1) | 10 Nov 200700:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xorg-x11 (MDKSA-2006:148) | 16 Dec 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | GLSA-200609-04 : LibXfont: Multiple integer overflows | 12 Sep 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CentOS 3 : XFree86 (CESA-2006:0635) | 23 Aug 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : freetype vulnerability (USN-324-1) | 10 Nov 200700:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora Core 5 : libXfont-1.0.0-3 (2006-912) | 17 Jan 200700:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | SuSE 10 Security Update : freetype2 (ZYPP Patch Number 1918) | 13 Dec 200700:00 | – | nessus |
Source | Link |
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bugs | www.bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi |
securityspace | www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57882");
script_version("2023-07-14T16:09:26+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-14 16:09:26 +0000 (Fri, 14 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-24 21:14:03 +0200 (Wed, 24 Sep 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-3467");
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("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200609-04 (LibXfont)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A buffer overflow was discovered in the PCF font parser, potentially
resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"All libXfont users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-libs/libXfont-1.2.0-r1'");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200609-04");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144092");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200609-04.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");
include("revisions-lib.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
report = "";
if ((res = ispkgvuln(pkg:"x11-libs/libXfont", unaffected: make_list("ge 1.2.0-r1"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 1.2.0-r1"))) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
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