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 Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2004 10:58 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 200402-02 ] XFree86 Font Information File Buffer Over |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: XFree86 Font Information File Buffer Overflow (GLSA 200402-02)
Severity: high
Exploitable: local
Date: February 11, 2004
ID: 200402-02
Synopsis
Exploitation of a buffer overflow in the XFree86 Project Inc.'s XFree86 X
Window System allows local attackers to gain root privileges.
Background
XFree86, provides a client/server interface between display
hardware and the desktop environment while also providing both the
windowing infrastructure and a standardized API. XFree86 is
platform independent, network-transparent and extensible.
Affected Packages
Package: x11-base/xfree
Vulnerable: < 4.3.99.902-r1
Unaffected: = 4.2.1-r3
Unaffected: = 4.3.0-r4
Unaffected: >= 4.3.99.902-r1
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
Exploitation of a buffer overflow in The XFree86 Window System
discovered by iDefence allows local attackers to gain root
privileges.
The problem exists in the parsing of the 'font.alias' file. The X
server (running as root) fails to check the length of the user
provided input, so a malicious user may craft a malformed
'font.alias' file causing a buffer overflow upon parsing,
eventually leading to the execution of arbitrary code.
To reproduce the overflow on the command line one can run:
| Code: | # cat > fonts.dir <<EOF
1
word.bdf -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
EOF
# perl -e 'print "0" x 1024 . "A" x 96 . "
"' > fonts.alias
# X :0 -fp $PWD |
{Some output removed}... Server aborting... Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to a root compromise provided
that the attacker is able to execute commands in the X11
subsystem. This can be done either by having console access to the
target or through a remote exploit against any X client program
such as a web-browser, mail-reader or game.
Workaround
No immediate workaround is available; a software upgrade is required.
Gentoo has released XFree 4.2.1-r3, 4.3.0-r4 and 4.3.99.902-r1 and
encourages all users to upgrade their XFree86
installations. Vulnerable versions are no longer available in
Portage.
Resolution
All users are recommended to upgrade their XFree86 installation:
| Code: | # emerge sync
# emerge -pv x11-base/xfree
# emerge x11-base/xfree |
References
CVE: CAN-2004-0083
Vulnerability:
XFree86 Font Information File Buffer Overflow
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