libXfont: integer overflow of allocations in font metadata file parsing

A use-after-free flaw was found in the way libXfont processed certain font files when attempting to add a new directory to the font path. A malicious, local user could exploit this issue to potentially 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 6 and 7. 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...

libXfont security update

1.4.5-4 - CVE-2014-0209: integer overflow of allocations in font metadata file parsing bug 1163602, bug 1163601 - CVE-2014-0210: unvalidated length fields when parsing xfs protocol replies bug 1163602, bug 1163601 - CVE-2014-0211: integer overflows calculating memory needs for xfs replies bug...

RHEL 6 : rhev-hypervisor6 (RHSA-2014:0041)

An updated rhev-hypervisor6 package that fixes multiple security issues is now available. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for eac...

Amazon Linux AMI : libXfont (ALAS-2014-404)

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. Multiple buffer overflows in...

Medium: libXfont

Issue Overview: 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. Multiple...

Fedora Update for libXfont FEDORA-2014-8223

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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...

[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: libXfont-1.4.8-1.fc19

X.Org X11 libXfont runtime library...

Fedora 19 : libXfont-1.4.8-1.fc19 (2014-8223)

libXfont 1.4.8 rhbz1100441 - Fixes: CVE-2014-0209, CVE-2014-0210, CVE-2014-0211 rhbz1097397 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible...

Fedora Update for libXfont FEDORA-2014-8208

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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...

Oracle Secure Global Desktop Multiple Vulnerabilities (July 2014 CPU)

The remote host has a version of Oracle Secure Global Desktop that is version 4.63, 4.71, 5.0 or 5.1. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Apache Tomcat does not properly handle certain inconsistent HTTP request headers, which allows remote attackers to trigger incorrec...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: libXfont-1.4.8-1.fc20

X.Org X11 libXfont runtime library...

Fedora 20 : libXfont-1.4.8-1.fc20 (2014-8208)

libXfont 1.4.8 rhbz1100441 - Fixes: CVE-2014-0209, CVE-2014-0210, CVE-2014-0211 rhbz1097397 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible...

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...

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...

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...

openSUSE Security Update : libXfont (openSUSE-SU-2014:0711-1)

libxfont was updated to fix multiple vulnerabilities : - Integer overflow of allocations in font metadata file parsing CVE-2014-0209. - Unvalidated length fields when parsing xfs protocol replies CVE-2014-0210. - Integer overflows calculating memory needs for xfs replies CVE-2014-0211. These...

openSUSE Security Update : libXfont (openSUSE-SU-2014:0073-1)

UCVE-2013-6462-unlimited-sscanf-overflows-stack-buffe.p atch - unlimited sscanf overflows stack buffer in bdfReadCharacters CVE-2013-6462, bnc854915 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2211-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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-SU-2015:0674-1 Security update for xorg-x11-libs

xorg-x11-libs was patched to fix the following security issues: Integer overflow of allocations in font metadata file parsing. CVE-2014-0209 libxfont not validating length fields when parsing xfs protocol replies. CVE-2014-0210 Integer overflows causing miscalculating memory needs for xfs replies...