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CVE-2008-0006

Date: January 18, 2008

Buffer overflow in (1) X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1, and (2) the libfont and libXfont libraries on some platforms including Sun Solaris, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PCF font with a large difference between the last col and first col values in the PCF_BDF_ENCODINGS table.

Severity Score

7.3

Related Resources (70)

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10021

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28571

Url: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2010

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29420

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references

Url: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562

Url: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-201230-1

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00674.html

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html

Url: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-077.htm

Url: http://securitytracker.com/id?1019232

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29139

Url: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28843

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00704.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487335/100/0/threaded

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0184

Url: http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX61&path=/200802/SECURITY/20080227/datafile112539&label=AIX%20X%20server%20multiple%20vulnerabilities

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28885

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28540

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30161

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-05.xml

Url: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/203220

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32545

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:024

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:022

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3000

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0497/references

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428044

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:021

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0030.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29707

Url: http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN88935101/index.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0179

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28535

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39767

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28536

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27352

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28532

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29622

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28592

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28273

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28550

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00771.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.html

Url: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-038.htm

Url: http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#006_xorg

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-09.xml

Url: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28941

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28542

Url: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28500

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28544

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28621

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0703

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27336

Url: http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#012_xorg

Url: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103192-1

Url: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0006

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28718

Url: http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-001043.html

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/571-1/

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0064.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00641.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0006

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0029.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-0006

Severity Score

7.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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