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XFree86: buffer overflow

Package(s):XFree86 CVE #(s):CAN-2004-0083 CAN-2004-0084 CAN-2004-0106
Created:February 12, 2004 Updated:February 23, 2004
Description: The XFree86 code which reads "fonts.alias" files suffers from a buffer overflow which may be turned into a local root exploit; see this advisory for details.
Alerts:
SuSE SuSE-SA:2004:006 2004-02-23
Debian DSA-443-1 2004-02-19
Conectiva CLA-2004:821 2004-02-20
Whitebox WBSA-2004:061-01 2004-02-17
Red Hat RHSA-2004:061-01 2004-02-13
Fedora FEDORA-2004-069 2004-02-13
Mandrake MDKSA-2004:012 2004-02-14
Red Hat RHSA-2004:060-01 2004-02-13
Red Hat RHSA-2004:059-01 2004-02-13
Immunix IMNX-2004-73-002-01 2004-02-12
Slackware SSA:2004-043-02 2004-02-12
Gentoo 200402-02 2004-02-11
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