CVE-2013-6462high
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Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a character name in a BDF font file.
References
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=4d024ac10f964f6bd372ae0dd14f02772a6e5f63
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00050.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00052.html
http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-January/002389.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0018.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/33
http://secunia.com/advisories/56240
http://secunia.com/advisories/56336
http://secunia.com/advisories/56357
http://secunia.com/advisories/56371
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2838
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64694
Vulnerable Software
Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Tenable Plugins
| ID | Name | Product | Family | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80820 | Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : xorg (cve_2013_6462_buffer_errors) | Nessus | Solaris Local Security Checks | high |
| 79557 | OracleVM 3.3 : libXfont (OVMSA-2014-0080) | Nessus | OracleVM Local Security Checks | high |
| 75391 | openSUSE Security Update : libXfont (openSUSE-SU-2014:0073-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
| 73596 | Oracle Secure Global Desktop Multiple Vulnerabilities (April 2014 CPU) | Nessus | Misc. | high |
| 72637 | GLSA-201402-23 : libXfont: Multiple vulnerabilities | Nessus | Gentoo Local Security Checks | high |
| 72456 | SuSE 11.2 / 11.3 Security Update : xorg-x11 (SAT Patch Numbers 8723 / 8724) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
| 72300 | Amazon Linux AMI : libXfont (ALAS-2014-282) | Nessus | Amazon Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 72081 | Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libxfont (MDVSA-2014:013) | Nessus | Mandriva Local Security Checks | high |
| 71929 | Slackware 13.0 / 13.1 / 13.37 / 14.0 / 14.1 / current : libXfont (SSA:2014-013-01) | Nessus | Slackware Local Security Checks | high |
| 71910 | Scientific Linux Security Update : libXfont on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140110) | Nessus | Scientific Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 71909 | RHEL 5 / 6 : libXfont (RHSA-2014:0018) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | high |
| 71908 | Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : libxfont (ELSA-2014-0018) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 71901 | CentOS 5 / 6 : libXfont (CESA-2014:0018) | Nessus | CentOS Local Security Checks | high |
| 71874 | FreeBSD : libXfont -- Stack buffer overflow in parsing of BDF font files in libXfont (28c575fa-784e-11e3-8249-001cc0380077) | Nessus | FreeBSD Local Security Checks | high |
| 71855 | Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 / 13.10 : libxfont vulnerability (USN-2078-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
| 71850 | Debian DSA-2838-1 : libxfont - buffer overflow | Nessus | Debian Local Security Checks | high |