Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:11793Denial Of Service (DoS)
8.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
libxfont is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attacks. The vulnerability exists as the bdfReadProperties function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) negative or (2) large property count in a BDF font file.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxfont | eq | 1.4.1__1.el6 | |
| libxfont | eq | 1.4.5__4.el6_6 | |
| libxfont | eq | 1.4.5__2.el6 | |
| libxfont | eq | 1.4.1__2.el6_1 | |
| libxfont | eq | 1.4.5__3.el6_5 |
References
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0113.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152497.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152838.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00032.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00005.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1708.html
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3194
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/73277
www.securitytracker.com/id/1031935
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2536-1
www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2015-03-17/
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1708.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-21
Related
8.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C