CVE-2013-6462: Buffer Overflow
First published: Thu Jan 09 2014(Updated: )
Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a character name in a BDF font file.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| X Libxfont | =1.1.0 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.2.0 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.2.1 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.2.2 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.2.3 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.2.4 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.2.5 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.2.6 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.2.7 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.2.8 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.2.9 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.3.0 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.3.1 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.3.2 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.3.3 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.3.4 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.4.0 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.4.1 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.4.2 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.4.3 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.4.4 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.4.5 | |
| X Libxfont | =1.4.6 |
Remedy
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=4d024ac10f964f6bd372ae0dd14f02772a6e5f63
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Reference Links
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=4d024ac10f964f6bd372ae0dd14f02772a6e5f63
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00050.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00052.html
- http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-January/002389.html
- http://osvdb.org/101842
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0018.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/33
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56240
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56336
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56357
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56371
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2838
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64694
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2078-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90123
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- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/remedy
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/x
- canonical/x libxfont
- version/x libxfont/1.1.0
- version/x libxfont/1.2.0
- version/x libxfont/1.2.1
- version/x libxfont/1.2.2
- version/x libxfont/1.2.3
- version/x libxfont/1.2.4
- version/x libxfont/1.2.5
- version/x libxfont/1.2.6
- version/x libxfont/1.2.7
- version/x libxfont/1.2.8
- version/x libxfont/1.2.9
- version/x libxfont/1.3.0
- version/x libxfont/1.3.1
- version/x libxfont/1.3.2
- version/x libxfont/1.3.3
- version/x libxfont/1.3.4
- version/x libxfont/1.4.0
- version/x libxfont/1.4.1
- version/x libxfont/1.4.2
- version/x libxfont/1.4.3
- version/x libxfont/1.4.4
- version/x libxfont/1.4.5
- version/x libxfont/1.4.6