AmazonALAS-2014-282Important: libXfont
9.3 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.217 Low
EPSS
Percentile
96.5%
Issue Overview:
A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the libXfont library parsed Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF) fonts. A malicious, local user could exploit this issue to potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the X.Org server. (CVE-2013-6462)
Affected Packages:
libXfont
Issue Correction:
Run yum update libXfont to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
libXfont-devel-1.4.5-3.8.amzn1.i686
libXfont-1.4.5-3.8.amzn1.i686
libXfont-debuginfo-1.4.5-3.8.amzn1.i686
src:
libXfont-1.4.5-3.8.amzn1.src
x86_64:
libXfont-devel-1.4.5-3.8.amzn1.x86_64
libXfont-debuginfo-1.4.5-3.8.amzn1.x86_64
libXfont-1.4.5-3.8.amzn1.x86_64
Additional References
Red Hat: CVE-2013-6462
Mitre: CVE-2013-6462
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | libxfont-devel | < 1.4.5-3.8.amzn1 | libXfont-devel-1.4.5-3.8.amzn1.i686.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | libxfont | < 1.4.5-3.8.amzn1 | libXfont-1.4.5-3.8.amzn1.i686.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | libxfont-debuginfo | < 1.4.5-3.8.amzn1 | libXfont-debuginfo-1.4.5-3.8.amzn1.i686.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | x86_64 | libxfont-devel | < 1.4.5-3.8.amzn1 | libXfont-devel-1.4.5-3.8.amzn1.x86_64.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | x86_64 | libxfont-debuginfo | < 1.4.5-3.8.amzn1 | libXfont-debuginfo-1.4.5-3.8.amzn1.x86_64.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | x86_64 | libxfont | < 1.4.5-3.8.amzn1 | libXfont-1.4.5-3.8.amzn1.x86_64.rpm |
Related
9.3 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.217 Low
EPSS
Percentile
96.5%