[30743] in bugtraq
xfstt-1.4 vulnerability
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ruben unteregger)
Tue Jul 15 15:29:36 2003
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Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:38:20 +0200
From: ruben unteregger <ruben.unteregger@era-it.ch>
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ERA IT Solutions AG http://www.era-it.ch
Security Advisory - xfstt-1.4 vulnerability - 11/07/2003
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1. Vulnerability description
2. Impact
3. Notification status
4. Exploit status
5. Contact
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1. Vulnerability description
The X Fontserver for Truetype fonts 1.4
(http://developer.berlios.de/projects/xfstt/
<http://freshmeat.net/redir/xfstt/11925/url_homepage/xfstt>) contains
vulnerability
holes which can be initiated remotely.
In xfstt.cc:working() the switch(buf[0]) { .. } statement is very
insecurely
implemented. No boundary checks on any network-received buffers are done.
At least in two cases, namely FS_QueryXExtents8 and FS_QueryXBitmaps8,
it is possible
to arrange a packet which sets 'req->num_ranges' to a very big number
that causes an
array out of boundary access within the next for-loop. This bug leads to
a segmentation
fault of the specific child and might even let an attacker execute
arbitrary code.
2. Impact
It's yet unclear if this bug is exploitable or not. With a specially crafted
packet you can disable/DoS the daemon.
3. Notification status
The Author of xfstt (Guillem Jover) has been notified on May 28, 2003.
There is no
patch available, though version 1.5 is soon to be released.
4. Exploit status
A proof-of-concept DoS exploit exists, albeit unreleased.
5. Contact
era@era-it.ch
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Thanks to Jonathan Heusser who originally found this bug.
