Bug 204548 - CVE-2006-3739 X CID font parser multiple integer overflows (CVE-2006-3740)
Summary: CVE-2006-3739 X CID font parser multiple integer overflows (CVE-2006-3740)
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: xorg-x11
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: X/OpenGL Maintenance List
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard: public=20060912,reported=20060829,sou...
Depends On:
Blocks: 206609
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-08-29 20:50 UTC by Josh Bressers
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: RHSA-2006-0665
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2006-09-12 16:09:17 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)
Proposed patch from upstream (2.17 KB, patch)
2006-08-29 21:04 UTC, Josh Bressers 		no flags Details | Diff
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2006:0665 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: xorg-x11 security update 2006-09-12 04:00:00 UTC

Description Josh Bressers 2006-08-29 20:50:10 UTC 
iDefense reported two integer overflow vulnerabilities in X's CID font parser. 
This could allow an attacker with access to the xserver to execute arbitrary
code with the same privileges as the X server (root).
Comment 3 Josh Bressers 2006-08-29 21:04:13 UTC 
Created attachment 135172 [details]
Proposed patch from upstream
Comment 4 Josh Bressers 2006-09-01 14:28:22 UTC 
Ping on this.  Any ETA on new packages with this fix?
Comment 8 Mark J. Cox 2006-09-12 14:58:18 UTC 
Now public at 
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-September/018021.html
removing embargo
Comment 9 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-09-12 16:09:20 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-2006-0665.html
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