Bug 234056

Summary:	CVE-2007-1351 Multiple font integer overflows (CVE-2007-1352)
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component:	xorg-x11	Assignee:	Søren Sandmann Pedersen <sandmann>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	4.0	CC:	kem, security-response-team, xgl-maint
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	impact=important,reported=20070322,embargo=20070403,source=vendorsec
Fixed In Version:	RHSA-2007-0126	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Josh Bressers 2007-03-26 20:23:04 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #234055 +++

iDEFENSE has reported two font related integer overflows.

CVE-2007-1351 describes an integer overflow in the way X parses a BDF font file.

CVE-2007-1352 describes an integer overflow in thw way X parses a fonts.dir file.

Both of these flaws could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges.

Comment 1 Josh Bressers 2007-03-26 20:29:06 UTC

attachment 150950 [details] is the proposed upstream patch

Comment 5 Josh Bressers 2007-04-03 16:44:43 UTC

Lifting embargo

Comment 6 Red Hat Bugzilla 2007-04-03 18:51:19 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0126.html