Debian Security Advisory
DSA-360-1 xfstt -- several vulnerabilities
- Date Reported:
- 01 Aug 2003
- Affected Packages:
- xfstt
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 8182, BugTraq ID 8255.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2003-0581, CVE-2003-0625. - More information:
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xfstt, a TrueType font server for the X window system was found to contain two classes of vulnerabilities:
CAN-2003-0581: a remote attacker could send requests crafted to trigger any of several buffer overruns, causing a denial of service or possibly executing arbitrary code on the server with the privileges of the "nobody" user.
CAN-2003-0625: certain invalid data sent during the connection handshake could allow a remote attacker to read certain regions of memory belonging to the xfstt process. This information could be used for fingerprinting, or to aid in exploitation of a different vulnerability.
For the current stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.1-3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), CAN-2003-0581 is fixed in xfstt 1.5-1, and CAN-2003-0625 will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you update your xfstt package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xfstt/xfstt_1.2.1-3.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xfstt/xfstt_1.2.1-3.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xfstt/xfstt_1.2.1-3.tar.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xfstt/xfstt_1.2.1-3_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xfstt/xfstt_1.2.1-3_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xfstt/xfstt_1.2.1-3_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xfstt/xfstt_1.2.1-3_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xfstt/xfstt_1.2.1-3_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xfstt/xfstt_1.2.1-3_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xfstt/xfstt_1.2.1-3_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xfstt/xfstt_1.2.1-3_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xfstt/xfstt_1.2.1-3_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xfstt/xfstt_1.2.1-3_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xfstt/xfstt_1.2.1-3_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.