CVE-2004-0083

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-0083
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-03-03 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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
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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.slackware.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
XFree86 Font Information File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-443-1 xfree86 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
#57768: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Xsun and Xprt Server Font Handling af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#820006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.xfree86.org Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
'iDEFENSESecurityAdvisory02.10.04: XFree86FontInformationFileBufferOverflow' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
iDEFENSE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.idefense.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- XFree86 Font Information File Buffer Overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
'XFree86 vulnerability exploit' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'[FLSA-2005:2314] Updated XFree86 packages fix security flaws' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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