Vulnerability Details CVE-2008-0006
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.293
EPSS Ranking 96.3%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 7.5
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN88935101/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-001043.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28273
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28500
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28532
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28535
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28536
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28540
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28542
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28544
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28550
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28571
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28592
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28621
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28718
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28843
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28885
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28941
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29139
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29622
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29707
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30161
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32545
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-09.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-05.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019232
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103192-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-201230-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-038.htm
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-077.htm
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/203220
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:021
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:022
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:024
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#012_xorg
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#006_xorg
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0029.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0030.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0064.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487335/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27336
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27352
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0179
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0184
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0497/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0703
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3000
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX61&path=/200802/SECURITY/20080227/datafile112539&label=AIX%20X%20server%20multiple%20vulnerabilities
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428044
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39767
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2010
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10021
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/571-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00641.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00674.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00704.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00771.html
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01543321
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN88935101/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-001043.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28273
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28500
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28532
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28535
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28536
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28540
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28542
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28544
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28550
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28571
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28592
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28621
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28718
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28843
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28885
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28941
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29139
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29622
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29707
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30161
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32545
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-09.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-05.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019232
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103192-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-201230-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-038.htm
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-077.htm
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/203220
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:021
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:022
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:024
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#012_xorg
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#006_xorg
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0029.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0030.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0064.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487335/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27336
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27352
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0179
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0184
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0497/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0703
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3000
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX61&path=/200802/SECURITY/20080227/datafile112539&label=AIX%20X%20server%20multiple%20vulnerabilities
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428044
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39767
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2010
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10021
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/571-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00641.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00674.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00704.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00771.html
Products affected by CVE-2008-0006
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cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_libfont:-
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cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_libxfont:-
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xserver:*