Out-of-Bounds Affecting libXfont-debuginfo package, versions <0:1.4.5-3.8.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
10.25% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-LIBXFONTDEBUGINFO-1671978
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed9 Jan 2014

Introduced: 9 Jan 2014

CVE-2013-6462  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 libXfont-debuginfo to version 0:1.4.5-3.8.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2014-282.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libXfont-debuginfo package and not the libXfont-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a character name in a BDF font file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1