CVE-2004-0084

Buffer overflow in the ReadFontAlias function in XFree86 4.1.0 to 4.3.0, when using the CopyISOLatin1Lowered function, allows local or remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a malformed entry in the font alias font.alias file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0083 and...

CVE-2004-0084

Buffer overflow in the ReadFontAlias function in XFree86 4.1.0 to 4.3.0, when using the CopyISOLatin1Lowered function, allows local or remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a malformed entry in the font alias font.alias file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0083 and...

CVE-2004-0083

Buffer overflow in ReadFontAlias from dirfile.c of XFree86 4.1.0 through 4.3.0 allows local users and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a font alias file font.alias with a long token, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0084 and CVE-2004-0106...

security flaw

Buffer overflow in the ReadFontAlias function in XFree86 4.1.0 to 4.3.0, when using the CopyISOLatin1Lowered function, allows local or remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a malformed entry in the font alias font.alias file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0083 and...

security flaw

Buffer overflow in ReadFontAlias from dirfile.c of XFree86 4.1.0 through 4.3.0 allows local users and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a font alias file font.alias with a long token, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0084 and CVE-2004-0106...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated XFree86 packages fix privilege escalation vulnerability

Updated XFree86 packages that fix a privilege escalation vulnerability are now available. XFree86 is an implementation of the X Window System, providing the core graphical user interface and video drivers. iDefense discovered two buffer overflows in the parsing of the 'font.alias' file. A local...

XFree font.alias buffer overflow

buffer overflow on oversized font name...

Buffer overflows in XFree86 servers

A number of buffer overflows were recently discovered in XFree86, prompted by initial discoveries by iDEFENSE. These buffer overflows are present in the font alias handling. An attacker with authenticated access to a running X server may exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain root privileges on...