USN-571-1: X.org vulnerabilities

Multiple overflows were discovered in the XFree86-Misc, XInput-Misc, TOG-CUP, EVI, and MIT-SHM extensions which did not correctly validate function arguments. An authenticated attacker could send specially crafted requests and gain root privileges. CVE-2007-5760, CVE-2007-6427, CVE-2007-6428,...

xorg security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2008:0030 Updated xorg-x11 packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Updated 18th January 2008 The...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : xorg-x11-Xnest (xorg-x11-Xnest-4859)

This update fixes various Xserver security issues. File existence disclosure vulnerability CVE-2007-5958. XInput Extension Memory Corruption Vulnerability IDEF2888 CVE-2007-6427. TOG-CUP Extension Memory Corruption Vulnerability IDEF2901 CVE-2007-6428. EVI Extension Integer Overflow Vulnerability...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 / 7.10 : libxfont, xorg-server vulnerabilities (USN-571-1)

Multiple overflows were discovered in the XFree86-Misc, XInput-Misc, TOG-CUP, EVI, and MIT-SHM extensions which did not correctly validate function arguments. An authenticated attacker could send specially crafted requests and gain root privileges. CVE-2007-5760, CVE-2007-6427, CVE-2007-6428,...

xfs integer overflow in the build_range function

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...

Xorg / XFree86 PCF font parser buffer overflow

Buffer overflow in 1 X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1, and 2 the libfont and libXfont libraries on some platforms including Sun Solaris, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PCF font with a large difference between the last col and first col values in the PCFBDFENCODINGS...

xfs heap overflow in the swap_char2b function

The swapchar2b 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 that specify an arbitrary number of bytes to be swapped on the heap, which triggers heap...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 1390-1 (t1lib)

The remote host is missing an update to t1lib announced via advisory DSA 1390-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb13901.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 1390-1 Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2007 E-Soft Inc...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 112-1 (hanterm)

The remote host is missing an update to hanterm announced via advisory DSA 112-1. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc. 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...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 112-1 (hanterm)

The remote host is missing an update to hanterm announced via advisory DSA 112-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb1121.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 112-1 Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2007 E-Soft Inc...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1454-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 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...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-360)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 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...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 1193-1 (xfree86)

The remote host is missing an update to xfree86 announced via advisory DSA 1193-1. Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the X Window System, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following...

Debian DSA-1454-1 : freetype - integer overflow

Greg MacManus discovered an integer overflow in the font handling of libfreetype, a FreeType 2 font engine, which might lead to denial of service or possibly the execution of arbitrary code if a user is tricked into opening a malformed font. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. Th...

[SECURITY] [DSA 1454-1] New freetype packages fix arbitrary code execution

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1454-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff January 07, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: mousepad-0.2.13-1.fc8

Mousepad is a text editor for Xfce based on Leafpad. The initial reason for Mousepad was to provide printing support, which would have been difficult for Leafpad for various reasons. Although some features are under development, currently Mousepad has follow ing features: Complete support for UTF...

USN-550-3: Cairo regression

USN-550-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Cairo. A bug in font glyph rendering was uncovered as a result of the new memory allocation routines. In certain situations, fonts containing characters with no width or height would not render any more. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Xorg X11 (ZYPP Patch Number 3083)

Integer overflows in the XC-MISC extension of the X-server could potentially be exploited to execute code with root privileges. CVE-2007-1003 Integer overflows in libx11 could cause crashes. CVE-2007-1667 Integer overflows in the font handling of the X-server could potentially be exploited to...

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...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.4.2-bea security update

Updated java-1.4.2-bea packages that correct several security issues and add enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The BEA WebLogic JRockit 1.4.215 JRE and SDK...