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SUSE: CVE-2017-13722: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/10/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/09/2017
Modified
08/10/2021

Description

In the pcfGetProperties function in bitmap/pcfread.c in libXfont through 1.5.2 and 2.x before 2.0.2, a missing boundary check (for PCF files) could be used by local attackers authenticated to an Xserver for a buffer over-read, for information disclosure or a crash of the X server.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libxfont-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libxfont1
  • suse-upgrade-xorg-x11-devel
  • suse-upgrade-xorg-x11-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-xorg-x11-libs
  • suse-upgrade-xorg-x11-libs-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-xorg-x11-libs-x86

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