SOL17444 - libXfont vulnerabilities CVE-2015-1802, CVE-2015-1803, and CVE-2015-1804

Recommended Action If you are running a version listed in the Versions known to be vulnerable column, you can eliminate this vulnerability by upgrading to a version listed in the Versions known to be not vulnerable column. If the table lists only an older version than what you are currently...

SUSE-SU-2015:0702-1 Security update for libXfont

LibXFont was updated to fix security problems. Following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2015-1802: The bdf parser reads a count for the number of properties defined in a font from the font file, and allocates arrays with entries for each property based on that count. It never checked to see if...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : libXfont vulnerabilities (USN-2536-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2536-1 advisory. Ilja van Sprundel, Alan Coopersmith, and William Robinet discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled malformed bdf fonts. A local attacker could use thi...

SOL16118 - libXfont vulnerabilities CVE-2014-0209, CVE-2014-0210 and CVE-2014-0211

Recommended Action If the previous table lists a version in the Versions known to be not vulnerable column, you can eliminate this vulnerability by upgrading to the listed version. If the listed version is older than the version you are currently running, or if the table does not list any version...

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...

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...