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...

CVE-2008-0006

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...

CVE-2008-0006

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...

CVE-2008-0006

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...

CVE-2008-0006

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...

CVE-2008-0006

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...

CVE-2008-0006

CVE-2008-0006 is a buffer overflow in the X.Org X server and its PCF font handling (libXfont/libfont). The flaw occurs when processing PCF_BDF_ENCODINGS where lastCol-firstCol > 255, enabling a context-dependent attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code or crash the X server. Public advis...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

SuSE 10 Security Update : xorg-x11-server (ZYPP Patch Number 1913)

This security update fixes crashes in the PCF handling, which might be used to crash the Xserver using applications or even to execute code in them. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text description of this plugin is C Novell, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc';...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : NX (NX-4555)

The XFree code contained in NX was prone to integer overflows CVE-2006-1861 and insufficiently protected against specially crafted PCF files CVE-2006-3467. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : xorg-x11-server (xorg-x11-server-1914)

This security update fixes crashes in the PCF handling, which might be used to crash the Xserver using applications or even to execute code in them. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : freetype2 (freetype2-1910)

This security update fixes crashes in the PCF handling of freetype2 which might be used to crash freetype2 using applications or even to execude code in them. This issue is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CVE-2006-3467. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...

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...