Executive Summary
Summary | |
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Title | libXfont: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Name | GLSA-201402-23 | First vendor Publication | 2014-02-21 |
Vendor | Gentoo | Last vendor Modification | 2014-02-21 |
Severity (Vendor) | High | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 9.3 | Attack Range | Network |
Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
Synopsis Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libXfont, the worst of which allow for local privilege escalation. Background Description Impact Workaround Resolution References Availability http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-23.xml |
Original Source
Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-23.xml |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
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100 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
OVAL Definitions
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14612 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14612 | ||
Title: | USN-1191-1 -- libXfont vulnerability | ||
Description: | libxfont: X11 font rasterisation library libXfont could be made to run programs as an administrator if it opened a specially crafted file. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | USN-1191-1 CVE-2011-2895 | Version: | 5 |
Platform(s): | Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 | Product(s): | libXfont |
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14918 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14918 | ||
Title: | DSA-2293-1 libxfont -- buffer overflow | ||
Description: | Tomas Hoger found a buffer overflow in the X.Org libXfont library, which may allow for a local privilege escalation through crafted font files. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | DSA-2293-1 CVE-2011-2895 | Version: | 5 |
Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0 | Product(s): | libxfont |
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21257 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21257 | ||
Title: | DSA-2838-1 libxfont - buffer overflow | ||
Description: | It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the processing of Glyph Bitmap Distribution fonts (BDF) could result in the execution of arbitrary code. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | DSA-2838-1 CVE-2013-6462 | Version: | 5 |
Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 Debian GNU/Linux 7 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7 | Product(s): | libxfont |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21406 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21406 | ||
Title: | USN-2078-1 -- libxfont vulnerability | ||
Description: | libXfont could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it opened a specially crafted font file. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | USN-2078-1 CVE-2013-6462 | Version: | 5 |
Platform(s): | Ubuntu 13.10 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 10.04 | Product(s): | libxfont |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21902 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21902 | ||
Title: | RHSA-2014:0018: libXfont security update (Important) | ||
Description: | 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. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | RHSA-2014:0018-00 CESA-2014:0018 CVE-2013-6462 | Version: | 6 |
Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 CentOS Linux 5 CentOS Linux 6 | Product(s): | libXfont |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22062 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22062 | ||
Title: | RHSA-2011:1154: libXfont security update (Important) | ||
Description: | The LZW decompressor in (1) the BufCompressedFill function in fontfile/decompress.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.4 and (2) compress/compress.c in 4.3BSD, as used in zopen.c in OpenBSD before 3.8, FreeBSD, NetBSD 4.0.x and 5.0.x before 5.0.3 and 5.1.x before 5.1.1, FreeType 2.1.9, and other products, does not properly handle code words that are absent from the decompression table when encountered, which allows context-dependent attackers to trigger an infinite loop or a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a crafted compressed stream, a related issue to CVE-2006-1168 and CVE-2011-2896. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | RHSA-2011:1154-01 CESA-2011:1154 CVE-2011-2895 | Version: | 4 |
Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 CentOS Linux 5 CentOS Linux 6 | Product(s): | libXfont |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23366 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23366 | ||
Title: | DEPRECATED: ELSA-2011:1154: libXfont security update (Important) | ||
Description: | The LZW decompressor in (1) the BufCompressedFill function in fontfile/decompress.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.4 and (2) compress/compress.c in 4.3BSD, as used in zopen.c in OpenBSD before 3.8, FreeBSD, NetBSD 4.0.x and 5.0.x before 5.0.3 and 5.1.x before 5.1.1, FreeType 2.1.9, and other products, does not properly handle code words that are absent from the decompression table when encountered, which allows context-dependent attackers to trigger an infinite loop or a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a crafted compressed stream, a related issue to CVE-2006-1168 and CVE-2011-2896. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | ELSA-2011:1154-01 CVE-2011-2895 | Version: | 7 |
Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 5 Oracle Linux 6 | Product(s): | libXfont |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23404 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23404 | ||
Title: | ELSA-2011:1154: libXfont security update (Important) | ||
Description: | The LZW decompressor in (1) the BufCompressedFill function in fontfile/decompress.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.4 and (2) compress/compress.c in 4.3BSD, as used in zopen.c in OpenBSD before 3.8, FreeBSD, NetBSD 4.0.x and 5.0.x before 5.0.3 and 5.1.x before 5.1.1, FreeType 2.1.9, and other products, does not properly handle code words that are absent from the decompression table when encountered, which allows context-dependent attackers to trigger an infinite loop or a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a crafted compressed stream, a related issue to CVE-2006-1168 and CVE-2011-2896. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | ELSA-2011:1154-01 CVE-2011-2895 | Version: | 6 |
Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 5 Oracle Linux 6 | Product(s): | libXfont |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23621 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23621 | ||
Title: | DEPRECATED: ELSA-2014:0018: libXfont security update (Important) | ||
Description: | 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. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | ELSA-2014:0018-00 CVE-2013-6462 | Version: | 7 |
Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 5 Oracle Linux 6 | Product(s): | libXfont |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24123 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24123 | ||
Title: | ELSA-2014:0018: libXfont security update (Important) | ||
Description: | 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. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | ELSA-2014:0018-00 CVE-2013-6462 | Version: | 6 |
Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 5 Oracle Linux 6 | Product(s): | libXfont |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25384 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25384 | ||
Title: | SUSE-SU-2014:0219-1 -- Security update for xorg-x11 | ||
Description: | This update fixes a stack buffer overflow in xorg-x11 in the bdfReadCharacters() function. CVE-2013-6462 has been assigned to this issue. Security Issue reference: * CVE-2013-6462 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6462 > | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | SUSE-SU-2014:0219-1 CVE-2013-6462 | Version: | 3 |
Platform(s): | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 | Product(s): | xorg-x11 |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27335 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27335 | ||
Title: | DEPRECATED: ELSA-2014-0018 -- libxfont security update (important) | ||
Description: | [1.4.5-3] - cve-2013-6462.patch: sscanf overflow (bug 1049684) - sscanf-hardening.patch: Some other sscanf hardening fixes (1049684) | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | ELSA-2014-0018 CVE-2013-6462 | Version: | 4 |
Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 5 Oracle Linux 6 | Product(s): | libXfont |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28127 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28127 | ||
Title: | DEPRECATED: ELSA-2011-1154 -- libXfont security update (important) | ||
Description: | [1.4.1-2] - cve-2011-2895.patch: LZW decompression heap corruption | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | ELSA-2011-1154 CVE-2011-2895 | Version: | 4 |
Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 5 Oracle Linux 6 | Product(s): | libXfont |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
Date | Description |
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2012-07-30 | Name : CentOS Update for freetype CESA-2011:1161 centos4 x86_64 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1161_freetype_centos4_x86_64.nasl |
2012-07-30 | Name : CentOS Update for xorg-x11 CESA-2011:1155 centos4 x86_64 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1155_xorg-x11_centos4_x86_64.nasl |
2012-07-30 | Name : CentOS Update for libXfont CESA-2011:1154 centos5 x86_64 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1154_libXfont_centos5_x86_64.nasl |
2012-05-18 | Name : Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (2012-002) File : nvt/gb_macosx_su12-002.nasl |
2012-02-12 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: FreeBSD File : nvt/freebsd_FreeBSD14.nasl |
2012-02-06 | Name : Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (2012-001) File : nvt/gb_macosx_su12-001.nasl |
2011-11-08 | Name : Mandriva Update for gimp MDVSA-2011:167 (gimp) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2011_167.nasl |
2011-10-21 | Name : Mandriva Update for libxfont MDVSA-2011:153 (libxfont) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2011_153.nasl |
2011-10-16 | Name : FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-11:04.compress.asc) File : nvt/freebsdsa_compress.nasl |
2011-10-14 | Name : Mandriva Update for cups MDVSA-2011:146 (cups) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2011_146.nasl |
2011-09-23 | Name : CentOS Update for libXfont CESA-2011:1154 centos5 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1154_libXfont_centos5_i386.nasl |
2011-09-21 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: libXfont File : nvt/freebsd_libXfont.nasl |
2011-09-21 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2293-1 (libxfont) File : nvt/deb_2293_1.nasl |
2011-08-19 | Name : CentOS Update for freetype CESA-2011:1161 centos4 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1161_freetype_centos4_i386.nasl |
2011-08-18 | Name : CentOS Update for xorg-x11 CESA-2011:1155 centos4 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1155_xorg-x11_centos4_i386.nasl |
2011-08-18 | Name : RedHat Update for freetype RHSA-2011:1161-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_1161-01_freetype.nasl |
2011-08-18 | Name : Ubuntu Update for libxfont USN-1191-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1191_1.nasl |
2011-08-12 | Name : RedHat Update for libXfont RHSA-2011:1154-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_1154-01_libXfont.nasl |
2011-08-12 | Name : RedHat Update for xorg-x11 RHSA-2011:1155-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_1155-01_xorg-x11.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
Id | Description |
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74927 | X.Org libXfont src/fontfile/decompress.c BufCompressedFill() Function LZW Dec... |
Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)
Date | Description |
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2014-04-17 | IAVM : 2014-A-0058 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in Oracle & Sun Systems Product Suite Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0049579 |
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Alert History
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2014-02-23 13:21:09 |
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