PT-2001-2108 · Xterm+2 · Xterm+2

Published 2001-09-22 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-2001-0955

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions XFree86 versions prior to 4.2.0

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the fbglyph.c file, specifically with glyph clipping for large origins. This can be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service and potentially gain privileges. The exploitation could occur through a large number of characters, possibly via the web page search form of KDE Konqueror or from an xterm command with a long title.

Recommendations For XFree86 versions prior to 4.2.0, update to version 4.2.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0955

Affected Products

Kde Konqueror

Xfree86

Xterm

References · 11

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/3663 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0955 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/3657 · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100776624224549&w=2 · Note
• http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/Xserver/fb/fbglyph.c · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=100118958310463&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7673 · Note
• http://xfree86.org/security · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100784290015880&w=2 · Note
• http://xfree86.org/4.2.0/RELNOTES2.html#2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7683 · Note