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XFree86 Unspecified Fontfile Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

XFree86 has been reported prone to an unspecified local buffer overrun vulnerability (CAN-2004-0106). This issue is occurs in fontfile processing code related to BID 9652 (XFree86 CopyISOLatin1Lowered Font_Name Buffer Overflow Vulnerability) and BID 9636 (XFree86 Font Information File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability). Exploitation may permit execution of arbitrary code with root privileges.