CVE-2004-0083

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0083
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-03-03 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-11 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in ReadFontAlias from dirfile.c of XFree86 4.1.0 through 4.3.0 allows local users and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a font alias file (font.alias) with a long token, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0084 and CVE-2004-0106.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.3 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.4 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.3 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.4 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.1.0 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.1.11 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.1.12 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.2.0 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.2.1 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.2.1 All errata All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.3.0 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.1.0 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.1.11 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.1.12 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.2.0 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.2.1 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.2.1 All errata All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.3.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
XFree86 Font Information File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
404 Not Found CONFIRM www.xfree86.org Vendor Advisory
'iDEFENSESecurityAdvisory02.10.04: XFree86FontInformationFileBufferOverflow' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-443-1 xfree86 DEBIAN www.debian.org
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#820006 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
'[FLSA-2005:2314] Updated XFree86 packages fix security flaws' - MARC FEDORA marc.info
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- XFree86 Font Information File Buffer Overflow GENTOO security.gentoo.org Vendor Advisory
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
iDEFENSE MISC www.idefense.com
#57768: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Xsun and Xprt Server Font Handling SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
'XFree86 vulnerability exploit' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE www.slackware.com
Advisories - Mandriva MANDRAKE www.mandriva.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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