Gentoo: GLSA 200609-04 Normal: LibXfont Integer Overflow Risk
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September 6, 2006
A buffer overflow was discovered in the PCF font parser, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
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
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A buffer overflow was discovered in the PCF font parser, potentially
resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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libXfont is the X.Org Xfont library, some parts are based on the
FreeType code base.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 x11-libs/libXfont < 1.2.0-r1 >= 1.2.0-r1
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Several integer overflows have been found in the PCF font parser.
Impact
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A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code or cras...
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