Bug 428044 (CVE-2008-0006)

Summary: CVE-2008-0006 Xorg / XFree86 PCF font parser buffer overflow
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Version: unspecifiedCC: airlied, ajax, atkac, kreilly, osoukup, sandmann, security-response-team, tyan
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OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: 1.3.1-2.fc8 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2008-01-22 15:40:15 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 428045, 428046, 428047, 428048, 428049, 428050, 429131, 429132, 429133, 833924    
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Description Josh Bressers 2008-01-08 21:35:59 UTC 
Takuya Shiozaki of CodeBlog discovered a heap based buffer overflow flaw in
X.org's PCF font handler.

This flaw is being tracked as VU#203220 by CERT.
Comment 16 Josh Bressers 2008-01-17 14:40:19 UTC 
Lifting embargo:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html
Comment 18 Fedora Update System 2008-01-22 15:40:12 UTC 
libXfont-1.3.1-2.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 19 Fedora Update System 2008-01-22 15:59:16 UTC 
libXfont-1.2.9-3.fc7 has been pushed to the Fedora 7 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 20 Red Hat Product Security 2008-01-22 19:42:51 UTC 
This issue was addressed in:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux:
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0064.html
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0030.html
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0029.html

Fedora:
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F7/FEDORA-2008-0891
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F8/FEDORA-2008-0794