S-116: HP-UX Running X Font Server (xfs) Software


 
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Old 01-15-2008
S-116: HP-UX Running X Font Server (xfs) Software

A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP-UX running the X Font Server (xfs). The risk is MEDIUM. This could be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code.


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XFSINFO(1)						      General Commands Manual							XFSINFO(1)

NAME
xfsinfo - X font server information utility SYNOPSIS
xfsinfo [-server servername] DESCRIPTION
Xfsinfo is a utility for displaying information about an X font server. It is used to examine the capabilities of a server, the predefined values for various parameters used in communicating between clients and the server, and the font catalogues and alternate servers that are available. OPTIONS
-server servername This option specifies the X font server to contact. servername must be specified in one of the formats defined in the Font Server Names section of X(7). If not specified, the server name in the FONTSERVER environment variable is used. HISTORY
Xfsinfo was originally called fsinfo. It was renamed to avoid a clash with the fsinfo utility from the Berkeley automounter amd. EXAMPLE
The following shows a sample produced by xfsinfo. example% xfsinfo -server hansen:7100 name of server: hansen:7100 version number: 1 vendor string: Font Server Prototype vendor release number: 17 maximum request size: 16384 longwords (65536 bytes) number of catalogues: 1 all Number of alternate servers: 2 #0 hansen:7101 #1 hansen:7102 number of extensions: 0 ENVIRONMENT
FONTSERVER To get the default fontserver. The server name must be specified in one of the formats defined in the Font Server Names section of X(7). SEE ALSO
xfs(1), fslsfonts(1), X(7). AUTHOR
Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc X Version 11 xfsinfo 1.0.2 XFSINFO(1)