RHEL 5 : libXfont (RHSA-2008:0064)

An updated X.Org libXfont package that fixes a security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The libXfont package contains the X.Org X11 libXfont runtime library. A heap based...

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,...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: libXfont security update

An updated X.Org libXfont package that fixes a security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The libXfont package contains the X.Org X11 libXfont runtime library. A heap based...

[SECURITY] [DSA 1466-1] New xorg-server packages fix several vulnerabilities

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1466-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff January 17, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Important: libXfont security update

1.2.2-1.0.3 - cve-2008-0006.patch: XFS Integer Overflow Vulnerability...

Important: xorg-x11 security update

6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.1.0.1 - Add Enterprise Linux detection - Add XFree86-4.3.0-oracle-bug-report-address-update.patch 6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.1 - cve-2007-4568.patch: XFS Integer Overflow Vulnerability - cve-2007-5760.patch: XFree86-Misc Extension Invalid Array Index Vulnerability - cve-2007-5958.patch: Xorg...

Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : libxfont, xorg vulnerabilities (USN-344-1)

iDefense security researchers found several integer overflows in X.org's font handling library. By using a specially crafted Type1 CID font file, a local user could exploit these to crash the X server or execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted...

Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : libxfont, xorg vulnerability (USN-341-1)

An integer overflow has been discovered in X.org's font handling library. By using a specially crafted font file, this could be exploited to crash the X server or execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly...

Ubuntu 5.10 / 6.06 LTS / 6.10 : freetype, libxfont, xorg, xorg-server vulnerabilities (USN-448-1)

Sean Larsson of iDefense Labs discovered that the MISC-XC extension of Xorg did not correctly verify the size of allocated memory. An authenticated user could send a specially crafted X11 request and execute arbitrary code with root privileges. CVE-2007-1003 Greg MacManus of iDefense Labs...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : xorg-x11-devel (xorg-x11-devel-4483)

This update prevents a one character overflow in libXfont. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security Update xorg-x11-devel-4483. The text description of this plugin is C SUSE LLC...

Important: libXfont security update

1.2.2-1.0.2.el5 - Rebuild because of forgotten changelog entry. 1.2.2-1.0.1.el5 - Fix for bug 234058, cve-2207-1351/1352...

RHEL 5 : libXfont (RHSA-2007:0132)

Updated X.org libXfont packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. X.org is an open source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic...

GLSA-200705-10 : LibXfont, TightVNC: Multiple vulnerabilities

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200705-10 LibXfont, TightVNC: Multiple vulnerabilities The libXfont code is prone to several integer overflows, in functions ProcXCMiscGetXIDList, bdfReadCharacters and FontFileInitTable. TightVNC contains a local copy of this cod...

LibXfont, TightVNC: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background LibXfont is the X.Org font library. TightVNC is a VNC client/server for X displays. Description The libXfont code is prone to several integer overflows, in functions ProcXCMiscGetXIDList, bdfReadCharacters and FontFileInitTable. TightVNC contains a local copy of this code and is also...

Fedora Core 5 : libXfont-1.2.8-1.fc5 (2007-422)

Fri Apr 6 2007 Adam Jackson 1.2.8-1 - libXfont 1.2.8. - Wed Jan 17 2007 Kristian Hagsberg 1.2.6-2 - Add built-in-scalable.patch to prevent crash when trying to scale built-in bitmap fonts. - Fri Jan 5 2007 Adam Jackson 1.2.6-1 - Update to 1.2.6 - Fri Dec 1 2006 Adam Jackson 1.2.5-1 - Update to...

Fedora Core 6 : libXfont-1.2.8-1.fc6 (2007-423)

Fri Apr 6 2007 Adam Jackson 1.2.8-1 - libXfont 1.2.8. - Wed Jan 17 2007 Kristian Hagsberg 1.2.6-2 - Add built-in-scalable.patch to prevent crash when trying to scale built-in bitmap fonts. - Fri Jan 5 2007 Adam Jackson 1.2.6-1 - Update to 1.2.6 - Fri Dec 1 2006 Adam Jackson 1.2.5-1 - Update to...

[SECURITY] Fedora Core 6 Update: libXfont-1.2.8-1.fc6

X.Org X11 libXfont runtime library...

[SECURITY] Fedora Core 5 Update: libXfont-1.2.8-1.fc5

X.Org X11 libXfont runtime library...

DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1352

Integer overflow in the FontFileInitTable function in X.Org libXfont before 20070403 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long first line in the fonts.dir file, which results in a heap overflow...

CVE-2007-1352

Integer overflow in the FontFileInitTable function in X.Org libXfont before 20070403 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long first line in the fonts.dir file, which results in a heap overflow...