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openSUSE Security Update : libX11 (openSUSE-2018-1107)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 117974
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Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
This update for libX11 fixes the following security issues :- CVE-2018-14599: The function XListExtensions was vulnerable to an off-by-one error caused by malicious server responses, leading to DoS or possibly unspecified other impact (bsc#1102062)
- CVE-2018-14600: The function XListExtensions interpreted a variable as signed instead of unsigned, resulting in an out-of-bounds write (of up to 128 bytes), leading to DoS or remote code execution (bsc#1102068)
- CVE-2018-14598: A malicious server could have sent a reply in which the first string overflows, causing a variable to be set to NULL that will be freed later on, leading to DoS (segmentation fault) (bsc#1102073)
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
Solution
Update the affected libX11 packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1102062
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 117974
File Name: openSUSE-2018-1107.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 10/9/2018
Updated: 7/31/2024
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
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-2018-14600
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:novell:opensuse:libx11-xcb1-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-xcb1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-6-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-data, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-6-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-xcb1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-6-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-xcb1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libx11-6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2018