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The X font server, or 'xfs' included as part of XFree86 may be vulnerable to a denial of service condition. By connecting numerous times and sending random data, it may be possible to cause the service to stop responding. Because an X server will often depend on the font server to continue to operate, causing xfs to crash will also cause the X server to crash.

The X font server, or 'xfs' included as part of XFree86 may be vulnerable to a denial of service condition. By connecting numerous times and sending random data, it may be possible to cause the service to stop responding. Because an X server will often depend on the font server to continue to operate, causing xfs to crash will also cause the X server to crash.