Bug 234058

Summary: CVE-2007-1351 Multiple font integer overflows (CVE-2007-1352)
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component: libXfontAssignee: Søren Sandmann Pedersen <sandmann>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Version: 5.0CC: kem, security-response-team
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Whiteboard: impact=important,reported=20070322,embargo=20070403,source=vendorsec
Fixed In Version: RHSA-2007-0132 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Another broken font none

Description Josh Bressers 2007-03-26 20:24:23 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 20:29:04 UTC 
attachment 150950 [details] is the proposed upstream patch
Comment 3 Søren Sandmann Pedersen 2007-03-27 20:14:46 UTC 
Created attachment 151078 [details]
Another broken font
Comment 6 Josh Bressers 2007-04-03 16:48:18 UTC 
Lifting embargo
Comment 7 Red Hat Bugzilla 2007-04-03 18:30:10 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-2007-0132.html