https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500690
Bug ID: 1500690
Summary: CVE-2017-13720 libXfont: Insufficient input validation
in fontdir.c
Product: Security Response
Component: vulnerability
Keywords: Security
Severity: low
Priority: low
Assignee: security-response-team(a)redhat.com
Reporter: anemec(a)redhat.com
CC: ajax(a)redhat.com, alexl(a)redhat.com,
btissoir(a)redhat.com, caillon+fedoraproject(a)gmail.com,
caolanm(a)redhat.com,
fonts-bugs(a)lists.fedoraproject.org,
jglisse(a)redhat.com, john.j5live(a)gmail.com,
mbarnes(a)fastmail.com, rhughes(a)redhat.com,
rstrode(a)redhat.com, sandmann(a)redhat.com
It was discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled certain patterns in
PatternMatch. A local attacker could use this issue to cause libXfont to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive
information.
Upstream patch:
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=d1e670a4a8704b8...
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