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HP-UX X Font Server (xfs) Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Title : HP-UX X Font Server (xfs) Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0149
CVE ID : CVE-2007-4990
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-01-16

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in HP-UX, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code [...]

References

http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/0149
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01323725

ChangeLog

2008-01-16 : Initial release

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