Debian DLA-1469-1 : libxcursor security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 111982

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was a denial of service or (potentially code execution) vulnerability in libxcursor, a library designed to help locate and load cursors for the X Window System.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this issue has been fixed in libxcursor version 1:1.1.14-1+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxcursor packages.

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Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 111982

File Name: debian_DLA-1469.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/20/2018

Updated: 8/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-9262

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxcursor1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxcursor1-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxcursor-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxcursor1-udeb

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-9262

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