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...

NX 2.1: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Background NoMachine's NX establishes remote connections to X11 desktops over small bandwidth links. NX and NX Node are the compression core libraries, whereas NX is used by FreeNX and NX Node by the binary-only NX servers. Description Chris Evans reported an integer overflow within the FreeType...

DSA-1178-1 freetype

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LibXfont: Multiple integer overflows

Background libXfont is the X.Org Xfont library, some parts are based on the FreeType code base. Description Several integer overflows have been found in the PCF font parser. Impact A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code or crash the Xserver by enticing a user to load a specially...