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Critical
CVE-2004-0083
Buffer overflow in ReadFontAlias from dirfile.c of XFree86 4.1.0 through...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in ReadFontAlias from dirfile.c of XFree86 4.1.0 through 4.3.0 allows local users and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a font alias file (font.alias) with a long token, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0084 and CVE-2004-0106.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_06_xf86.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-060.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15130
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57768-1
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000821
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=72
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9636
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200402-02.xml
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107644835523678&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110979666528890&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-443
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A806
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:012
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A830
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-059.html
- http://www.xfree86.org/cvs/changes
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/820006
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107653324115914&w=2
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9612
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-061.html
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.405053
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Affected Vendor
xfree86 project
View all reports →Affected Software
x11r6, openbsd
Vulnerable Versions:
4.1.0, 4.1.11, 4.1.12, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.3.0, 3.3, 3.4
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 14th, 2004
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.