Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:11527Privilege Escalation
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
libXfont.so is vulnerable to privilege escalation. An integer overflow bug in FontFileAddEntry and lexAlias allows a local attacker to gain privileges by adding a directory with a large fonts.dir or fonts.alias file to the font path, which results in a heap-based buffer overflow.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxfont | eq | 1.4.1__2.el6_1 | |
| libxfont | eq | 1.4.5__2.el6 | |
| libxfont | eq | 1.4.1__1.el6 | |
| libxfont | eq | 1.4.5__3.el6_5 |
References
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0278.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00073.html
lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-May/002431.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1893.html
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
secunia.com/advisories/59154
www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2927
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/67382
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2211-1
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1870.html
Related
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P