Debian DSA-360-1 : xfstt - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 15197

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

xfstt, a TrueType font server for the X window system was found to contain two classes of vulnerabilities :

CAN-2003-0581: a remote attacker could send requests crafted to trigger any of several buffer overruns, causing a denial of service or possibly executing arbitrary code on the server with the privileges of the 'nobody' user.

CAN-2003-0625: certain invalid data sent during the connection handshake could allow a remote attacker to read certain regions of memory belonging to the xfstt process. This information could be used for fingerprinting, or to aid in exploitation of a different vulnerability.

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.1-3.

We recommend that you update your xfstt package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15197

File Name: debian_DSA-360.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xfstt, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/31/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0581, CVE-2003-0625

BID: 8182, 8255

DSA: 360

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