Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : libxfont, xorg vulnerabilities (USN-344-1)

iDefense security researchers found several integer overflows in X.org's font handling library. By using a specially crafted Type1 CID font file, a local user could exploit these to crash the X server or execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted...

Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : freetype vulnerability (USN-324-1)

An integer overflow has been discovered in the FreeType library. By tricking a user into installing and/or opening a specially crafted font file, these could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of that user. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding...

Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : libxfont, xorg vulnerability (USN-341-1)

An integer overflow has been discovered in X.org's font handling library. By using a specially crafted font file, this could be exploited to crash the X server or execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly...

Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : freetype vulnerabilities (USN-291-1)

Several integer overflows have been discovered in the FreeType library. By tricking a user into installing and/or opening a specially crafted font file, these could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of that user. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xfs (MDKSA-2007:210)

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. CVE-2007-4568 The...

Fedora 7 : qt-3.3.8-7.fc7 (2007-2216)

Mon Sep 17 2007 Than Ngo - 1:3.3.8-7 - bz292941, CVE-2007-4137 - Wed Aug 29 2007 Than Ngo - 1:3.3.8-6.fc7.1 - cleanup security patch - Tue Aug 28 2007 Than Ngo - 1:3.3.8-6.fc7 - CVE-2007-3388 qt3 format string flaw - Thu Jun 14 2007 Than Ngo - 1:3.3.8-5.fc7.1 - backport to fix bz243722, bz244148,...

Memory overwrites in JVM via malformed TrueType font

Note: This advisory should have been published several months ago; apologies for the delay -- John Heasman ======= Summary ======= Name: Memory overwrites in JVM via malformed TrueType font Release Date: 29 October 2007 Reference: NGS00419 Discover: John Heasman [email protected] Vendor: Sun...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : km_drm (km_drm-4484)

This update fixes the following issues: X Font Server buildrange Integer Overflow Vulnerability IDEF2708, X Font Server swapchar2b Heap Overflow Vulnerability IDEF2709, Composite extension buffer overflow. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package check...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : freetype2 (freetype2-3066)

This update of freetype2 fixes an integer overflow in the BDF font parsing code. This bug can be exploited only with user assistance to potentially execute arbitrary code. CVE-2007-1351 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin wer...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.5.0-bea security update

Updated java-1.5.0-bea packages that correct several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The BEA WebLogic JRockit 1.5.011 JRE and SDK conta...

java: Vulnerability in the font parsing code

Unspecified vulnerability in the font parsing implementation in Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 9 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.214 and earlier, allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via an applet that grants certain privileges to itself...

GLSA-200710-11 : X Font Server: Multiple Vulnerabilities

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200710-11 X Font Server: Multiple Vulnerabilities iDefense reported that the xfs init script does not correctly handle a race condition when setting permissions of a temporary file CVE-2007-3103. Sean Larsson discovered an integer...

X Font Server: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Background The X.Org X11 X Font Server provides a standard mechanism for an X server to communicate with a font renderer. Description iDefense reported that the xfs init script does not correctly handle a race condition when setting permissions of a temporary file CVE-2007-3103. Sean Larsson...

X Font Service Detection

The remote service is an X Window Font Service xfs daemon, which serves font files to clients. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid26971; scriptversion"1.19";...

GLSA-200710-09 : NX 2.1: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200710-09 NX 2.1: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Chris Evans reported an integer overflow within the FreeType PCF font file parser CVE-2006-1861. NX and NX Node are vulnerable to this due to shipping XFree86 4.3.0, whic...

CVE-2007-5169

Stack-based buffer overflow in MAIPM6.dll in Adobe PageMaker 7.0.1 and 7.0.2 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long font name in a .PMD file...

Stack overflow

Stack-based buffer overflow in MAIPM6.dll in Adobe PageMaker 7.0.1 and 7.0.2 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long font name in a .PMD file...

CVE-2007-5169

Stack-based buffer overflow in MAIPM6.dll in Adobe PageMaker 7.0.1 and 7.0.2 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long font name in a .PMD file...

FreeBSD : xfs -- multiple vulnerabilities (a5f667db-7596-11dc-8b7a-0019b944b34e)

Matthieu Herrb reports : Problem Description : Several vulnerabilities have been identified in xfs, the X font server. The QueryXBitmaps and QueryXExtents protocol requests suffer from lack of validation of their 'length' parameters. Impact : On most modern systems, the font server is accessible...

MS07-060: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (942695)

The remote host is running a version of Microsoft Word that may allow arbitrary code to be run. An attacker may use this to execute arbitrary code on this host. To succeed, the attacker would have to send a rogue file to a user of the remote computer and have it open it. Then a bug in the font...