CVE-2004-0084
HIGHEPSS 98th pctlDescription
Buffer overflow in the ReadFontAlias function in XFree86 4.1.0 to 4.3.0, when using the CopyISOLatin1Lowered function, allows local or remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a malformed entry in the font alias (font.alias) file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0083 and CVE-2004-0106.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000821
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107662833512775&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110979666528890&w=2
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57768-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-443
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=73
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/667502
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:012
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_06_xf86.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-059.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-060.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-061.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9652
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.405053
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15200
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10405
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A807
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A831
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