CVE-2008-0006: Buffer Overflow
First published: Tue Jan 08 2008(Updated: )
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 PCF_BDF_ENCODINGS table.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| X.Org Xserver | <=1.4 | |
| Sun Solaris Libxfont | ||
| Sun Solaris Libfont | ||
| redhat/1.3.1 | <2. | 2. |
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Reference Links
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- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103192-1
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- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0029.html
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27352
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/28273
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28500
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28592
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28571
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28621
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2010
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28718
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#012_xorg
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#006_xorg
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28843
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28885
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-077.htm
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-201230-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28941
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/29139
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29622
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-05.xml
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/30161
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3000
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32545
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- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0703
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39767
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