Ubuntu Linux up to Current LibXfont fontfileinittable integer coercion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Ubuntu Linux up to Current. The impacted element is the function fontfileinittable of the component LibXfont. Performing a manipulation results in integer coercion. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2007-1352. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Ubuntu Linux up to Current (Operating System). This affects the function fontfileinittable of the component LibXfont. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer coercion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-192. Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in the FontFileInitTable function in X.Org libXfont before 20070403 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long first line in the fonts.dir file, which results in a heap overflow.

The bug was discovered 03/21/2019. The weakness was released 04/05/2007 by iDefense with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-1352 since 03/08/2007. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. Required for exploitation is a authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24920 (CentOS 3 : XFree86 (CESA-2007:0125)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156174 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for xorg-x11 (ELSA-2007-0126)).

Upgrading to version 4.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (33419), Tenable (24920), SecurityFocus (BID 23283†), OSVDB (34109†) and Secunia (SA24741†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-35842, VDB-36020 and VDB-36018. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Integer coercion
CWE: CWE-192 / CWE-189
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Nessus ID: 24920
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 : XFree86 (CESA-2007:0125)
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OpenVAS ID: 830139
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Linux 4.1

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ubuntu.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: iDefense
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-1352 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1352
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36021

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X-Force: 33419
SecurityFocus: 23283 - X.Org LibXFont Multiple Local Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 24741 - X.Org X11 Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 34109 - Apple Safari TOCTOU privilege escalation
SecurityTracker: 1017857
Vulnerability Center: 14788 - X.Org libXfont Integer Overflow in the FontFileInitTable Function, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-1217

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Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 07/17/2019 16:15
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (88), 07/17/2019 16:15 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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