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High ELSA-2014-1870 3 CVEs

Important: libXfont security update (Oracle Linux 7)

Published Nov 18, 2014 · Updated Nov 18, 2014

Ecosystem: Oracle Linux

Summary

[1.4.5-4]
- CVE-2014-0209: integer overflow of allocations in font metadata file parsing (bug 1163602, bug 1163601)
- CVE-2014-0210: unvalidated length fields when parsing xfs protocol replies (bug 1163602, bug 1163601)
- CVE-2014-0211: integer overflows calculating memory needs for xfs replies (bug 1163602, bug 1163601)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 7 libXfont 0:1.4.7-2.el7_0
Oracle Linux · 7 libXfont-devel 0:1.4.7-2.el7_0

Vulnerabilities 3

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2014-0209

    Multiple integer overflows in the (1) FontFileAddEntry and (2) lexAlias functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.…

    libxfont libxfont Debian Ubuntu
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2014-0210

    Multiple buffer overflows in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 allow remote font servers to exec…

    libxfont Debian
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2014-0211

    Multiple integer overflows in the (1) fs_get_reply, (2) fs_alloc_glyphs, and (3) fs_read_extent_info functions in X.Org…

    libxfont Debian