Description
Buffer overflow in Dispatch() routine for XFS font server (fs.auto) on Solaris 2.5.1 through 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a certain XFS query.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- XFree86 X11R6 3.3.x - Font Server Remote Buffer Overrun EDB-22036 · remote · Nov 25, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- HPSBUX0212-228 vendor-advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/48879
- 20021125 ISS Security Brief: Solaris fs.auto Remote Compromise Vulnerability mailing-list
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:149 vdb-entry signature
- CA-2002-34 third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:152 vdb-entry signature
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2816 vdb-entry signature
- VU#312313 third-party-advisory
- 20021125 Solaris fs.auto Remote Compromise Vulnerability third-party-advisory
- solaris-fsauto-execute-code(10375) vdb-entry
- 6241 vdb-entry
- N-024 third-party-advisory government-resource