| Name | CVE-2008-0006 |
| Description | Buffer 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1466-2, DTSA-110-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxfont (PTS) | bullseye | 1:2.0.4-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 1:2.0.6-1 | fixed | |
| xorg-server (PTS) | bullseye | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u13 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u14 | fixed | |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u8 | fixed | |
| trixie | 2:21.1.14-2 | fixed | |
| sid | 2:21.1.15-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libxfont | source | etch | 1:1.2.2-2.etch1 | |||
| libxfont | source | (unstable) | 1:1.3.1-2 | |||
| xfree86 | source | sarge | 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge7 | DSA-1466-2 | ||
| xorg-server | source | etch | 2:1.1.1-21etch3 | DSA-1466-2 | ||
| xorg-server | source | lenny | 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12lenny2 | DTSA-110-1 | ||
| xorg-server | source | (unstable) | 2:1.4.1~git20080105-2 |