Gentoo: GLSA 200609-04 Normal: LibXfont Integer Overflow Risk

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200609-04 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: LibXfont: Multiple integer overflows Date: September 06, 2006 Bugs: #144092 ID: 200609-04

Synopsis ======= A buffer overflow was discovered in the PCF font parser, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= libXfont is the X.Org Xfont library, some parts are based on the FreeType code base.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 x11-libs/libXfont < 1.2.0-r1 >= 1.2.0-r1
========== Several integer overflows have been found in the PCF font parser.
Impact ===== A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code or cras...