CVE-2008-0006 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2008-0006: Buffer overflow in (1) X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1, and (2) the libfont and libXfont libraries on some platforms including Sun Solaris, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PCF font with a large difference between the last col and first col values in the PCF_BDF_ENCODING

Affects 3 Linux releases across 6 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2008-0006 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libxfont→ fixed in1:1.3.1-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libxfont
```
xorg-server→ fixed in2:1.4.1~git20080105-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y xorg-server
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libxfont→ fixed in1:1.3.1-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libxfont
```
xorg-server→ fixed in2:1.4.1~git20080105-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y xorg-server
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libxfont→ fixed in1:1.3.1-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libxfont
```
xorg-server→ fixed in2:1.4.1~git20080105-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y xorg-server
```

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