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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-1352: LibXfont, TightVNC: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-1352: LibXfont, TightVNC: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/05/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Integer overflow in the FontFileInitTable function in X.Org libXfont before 20070403 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long first line in the fonts.dir file, which results in a heap overflow.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-tightvnc
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-libs-libxfont

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