RHEL 5 : xorg-x11-xfs (Unpatched Vulnerability)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched. - xfs heap overflow in the swapchar2b function CVE-2007-4990 - Integer overflow in the buildrange function ...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1385-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

SUSE CVE-2007-4568

Integer overflow in the buildrange function in X.Org X Font Server xfs before 1.0.5 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via 1 QueryXBitmaps and 2 QueryXExtents protocol requests with crafted size values, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow...

SUSE CVE-2007-4990

The swapchar2b function in X.Org X Font Server xfs before 1.0.5 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via 1 QueryXBitmaps and 2 QueryXExtents protocol requests with crafted size values that specify an arbitrary number of bytes to be swapped on the heap, which triggers heap...

SUSE CVE-2012-1699

The ProcSetEventMask function in difs/events.c in the xfs font server for X.Org X11R6 through X11R6.6 and XFree86 before 3.3.3 calls the SendErrToClient function with a mask value instead of a pointer, which allows local users to cause a denial of service memory corruption and crash or obtain...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libxfont (MDVSA-2015:145-1)

Updated libxfont packages fix security vulnerabilities : Ilja van Sprundel discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled font metadata file parsing. A local attacker could use this issue to cause libXfont to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code in order to gain privileges CVE-2014-0209. Ilja...

libXfont security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2014:1893 Updated libXfont packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores,...

libXfont: integer overflows calculating memory needs for xfs replies

Multiple out-of-bounds write flaws were found in the way libXfont parsed replies received from an X.org font server. A malicious X.org server could cause an X client to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the X.Org server...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: libXfont security update

Updated libXfont packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available...

libXfont: integer overflows calculating memory needs for xfs replies

Multiple out-of-bounds write flaws were found in the way libXfont parsed replies received from an X.org font server. A malicious X.org server could cause an X client to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the X.Org server...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libxfont (MDVSA-2014:132)

Updated libxfont packages fix security vulnerabilities : Ilja van Sprundel discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled font metadata file parsing. A local attacker could use this issue to cause libXfont to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code in order to gain privileges CVE-2014-0209. Ilja...

MGASA-2014-0278 Updated libxfont packages fix security vulnerabilities

Ilja van Sprundel discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled font metadata file parsing. A local attacker could use this issue to cause libXfont to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code in order to gain privileges CVE-2014-0209. Ilja van Sprundel discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled...

XFree86 X11R6 3.3.x Font Server Remote Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6241/info A remotely exploitable buffer overrun condition has been reported in the XFS font server, fs.auto used by multiple vendors. This vulnerability may be exploited by remote attackers to execute commands on the targ...

RedHat Linux 6.x X Font Server DoS and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1111/info A denial of service exists in the X11 font server shipped with RedHat Linux 6.x. Due to improper input validation, it is possible for any user to crash the X fontserver. This will prevent the X server from...

HP-UX 7-11 Local X Font Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10551/info HP-UX X Font Server is reportedly affected by a local buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly validate the length of a user-supplied string before copying it...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0211

Multiple integer overflows in the 1 fsgetreply, 2 fsallocglyphs, and 3 fsreadextentinfo 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...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : libXfont vulnerabilities (USN-2211-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2211-1 advisory. Ilja van Sprundel discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled font metadata file parsing. A local attacker could use this issue to cause libXfont to...

USN-2211-1: libXfont vulnerabilities

Ilja van Sprundel discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled font metadata file parsing. A local attacker could use this issue to cause libXfont to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code in order to gain privileges. CVE-2014-0209 Ilja van Sprundel discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled...

USN-2211-1 libxfont vulnerabilities

Ilja van Sprundel discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled font metadata file parsing. A local attacker could use this issue to cause libXfont to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code in order to gain privileges. CVE-2014-0209 Ilja van Sprundel discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled...

Debian DSA-2927-1 : libxfont - security update

Ilja van Sprundel of IOActive discovered several security issues in the X.Org libXfont library, which may allow a local, authenticated user to attempt to raise privileges; or a remote attacker who can control the font server to attempt to execute code with the privileges of the X server. -...