Re: XFree86-4.3.0 Xft vulnerability patch, round 3

On Tuesday 02 September 2003 07:37 pm, Kelledin wrote:
> On Sunday 31 August 2003 01:30 pm, Kelledin wrote:
> > "blemix" <[email protected]> recently reported a series of
> > integer overflow vulnerabilities in XFree86 4.3.0 to the
> > [email protected] mailing list.  Primarily these are
> > integer overflow errors which in certain configurations
> > could lead to the X server executing arbitrary code.
>
> Matthieu Herrb revised his fixes.  Some of the revisions
> appear functionally pertinent to 64-bit platforms, some are
> just for cleanliness.  In any event, here's the revised patch,
> backported again.  It compiles and seems to work.

Well...irony of ironies, somebody found some integer overflows in 
the integer overflow checks.  Ain't life grand? ;-)

http://skarpsey.dyndns.org/XFree86-4.3.0-xftfix-3.patch.bz2

-- 
Kelledin
"If a server crashes in a server farm and no one pings it, does 
it still cost four figures to fix?"

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