HP-UX PHSS_43202 : s700_800 11.23 X Font Server Patch

s700800 11.23 X Font Server Patch : A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP-UX running the X Font Server xfs. The vulnerability could be exploited locally to create a Denial of Service DoS, or allow unauthorized access. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. T...

CVE-2012-1699

The CVE-2012-1699 entry concerns the xfs font server (Difs) in X.Org X11R6 up to 6.6 and XFree86 before 3.3.3. The root cause is that ProcSetEventMask in difs/events.c calls SendErrToClient with a mask value instead of a pointer. This can allow local users to cause memory corruption and a crash o...