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MDKSA-2004:012: XFree86

Vulnerability Assessment Summary Check for the version of the XFree86 package Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory MDKSA-2004:012 (XFree86). Two buffer overflow vulnerabilities were found by iDEFENSE in XFree86's parsing of the font.alias file. The X server, which runs as root, fails to check the length of user-provided input as a result a malicious user could craft a malformed font.alias file causing a buffer overflow upon parsing, which could eventually lead to the execution of arbitrary code. Additional vulnerabilities were found by David Dawes, also in the reading of font files. The updated packages have a patch from David Dawes to correct these vulnerabilities. Solution : http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:012 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security

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