CVE-2008-0006

NameCVE-2008-0006
DescriptionBuffer 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1466-2, DTSA-110-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libxfont (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1:1.5.1-1+deb8u2fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch1:2.0.1-3+deb9u2fixed
buster1:2.0.3-1fixed
bullseye1:2.0.4-1fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm1:2.0.6-1fixed
xorg-server (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2:1.16.4-1+deb8u17fixed
stretch (security)2:1.19.2-1+deb9u9fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2:1.19.2-1+deb9u20fixed
buster, buster (lts)2:1.20.4-1+deb10u15fixed
buster (security)2:1.20.4-1+deb10u14fixed
bullseye2:1.20.11-1+deb11u13fixed
bullseye (security)2:1.20.11-1+deb11u14fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm2:21.1.7-3+deb12u8fixed
trixie2:21.1.14-2fixed
sid2:21.1.15-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libxfontsourceetch1:1.2.2-2.etch1
libxfontsource(unstable)1:1.3.1-2
xfree86sourcesarge4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge7DSA-1466-2
xorg-serversourceetch2:1.1.1-21etch3DSA-1466-2
xorg-serversourcelenny2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12lenny2DTSA-110-1
xorg-serversource(unstable)2:1.4.1~git20080105-2

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