Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2838-1)
🗓️ 06 Jan 2014 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 92 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| libXfont -- Stack buffer overflow in parsing of BDF font files in libXfont | 24 Dec 201300:00 | – | freebsd | |
| Important: libXfont | 3 Feb 201400:00 | – | amazon | |
| Amazon Linux AMI : libXfont (ALAS-2014-282) | 5 Feb 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 5 / 6 : libXfont (CESA-2014:0018) | 12 Jan 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-2838-1 : libxfont - buffer overflow | 8 Jan 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 20 : libXfont-1.4.7-1.fc20 (2014-0443) | 13 Jan 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 19 : libXfont-1.4.5-5.fc19 (2014-0467) | 29 Jan 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 |
|---|---|
| security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-2838 |
| debian | www.debian.org/security/2014/DSA-2838-1 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702838");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-6462");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-01-06 23:00:00 +0000 (Mon, 06 Jan 2014)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:04+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:04 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2838-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB(6|7)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-2838-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2014/DSA-2838-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-2838");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libxfont' package(s) announced via the DSA-2838-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the processing of Glyph Bitmap Distribution fonts (BDF) could result in the execution of arbitrary code.
For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.4.1-4.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.4.5-3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.4.7-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libxfont packages.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'libxfont' package(s) on Debian 6, Debian 7.");
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-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "DEB6") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxfont-dev", ver:"1:1.4.1-4", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxfont1", ver:"1:1.4.1-4", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxfont1-dbg", ver:"1:1.4.1-4", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxfont1-udeb", ver:"1:1.4.1-4", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "DEB7") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxfont-dev", ver:"1:1.4.5-3", rls:"DEB7"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxfont1", ver:"1:1.4.5-3", rls:"DEB7"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxfont1-dbg", ver:"1:1.4.5-3", rls:"DEB7"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxfont1-udeb", ver:"1:1.4.5-3", rls:"DEB7"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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