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September 13, 2006
Some buffer overflows were discovered in the CID font parser, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200609-07
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: LibXfont, monolithic X.org: Multiple integer overflows
Date: September 13, 2006
Bugs: #145513
ID: 200609-07
Synopsis
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Some buffer overflows were discovered in the CID font parser,
potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with elevated
privileges.
Background
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libXfont is the X.Org Xfont library, some parts are based on the
FreeType code base.
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