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openSUSE: Security Advisory for libXfont (openSUSE-SU-2015:0614-1)

🗓️ 28 Mar 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'libXfont' package(s) on openSUSE 13.1, allowing unprivileged users to run code with the privileges of the X server due to vulnerabilities when parsing BDF files

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# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.850645");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-1802", "CVE-2015-1803", "CVE-2015-1804");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"8.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-03-28 05:29:00 +0100 (Sat, 28 Mar 2015)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_name("openSUSE: Security Advisory for libXfont (openSUSE-SU-2015:0614-1)");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'libXfont'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"libXFont was updated to fix three vulnerabilities when parsing BDF files
  (bnc#921978)

  As libXfont is used by the X server to read font files, and an
  unprivileged user with access to the X server can tell the X server to
  read a given font file from a path of their choosing, these
  vulnerabilities have the potential to allow unprivileged users to run code
  with the privileges of the X server.

  The following vulnerabilities were fixed:

  * The BDF parser could allocate the a wrong buffer size, leading to out of
  bound writes (CVE-2015-1802)

  * The BDF parser could crash when trying to read an invalid pointer
  (CVE-2015-1803)

  * The BDF parser could read 32 bit metrics values into 16 bit integers,
  causing an out-of-bound memory access though integer overflow
  (CVE-2015-1804)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"libXfont on openSUSE 13.1");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
  script_xref(name:"openSUSE-SU", value:"2015:0614-1");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=openSUSE13\.1");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "openSUSE13.1") {
  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libXfont-debugsource", rpm:"libXfont-debugsource~1.4.6~2.12.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libXfont-devel", rpm:"libXfont-devel~1.4.6~2.12.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libXfont1", rpm:"libXfont1~1.4.6~2.12.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libXfont1-debuginfo", rpm:"libXfont1-debuginfo~1.4.6~2.12.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libXfont-devel-32bit", rpm:"libXfont-devel-32bit~1.4.6~2.12.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libXfont1-32bit", rpm:"libXfont1-32bit~1.4.6~2.12.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libXfont1-debuginfo-32bit", rpm:"libXfont1-debuginfo-32bit~1.4.6~2.12.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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