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openSUSE Security Update : xorg-x11-server (openSUSE-2018-1420)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 119025

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for xorg-x11-server fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2018-14665: Disable -logfile and -modulepath when running with elevated privileges (bsc#1112020,

Note that SUSE by default does not run with elevated privileges, so the default installation is not affected by this problem.

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected xorg-x11-server packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1112020

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 119025

File Name: openSUSE-2018-1420.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/19/2018

Updated: 7/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14665

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xorg-x11-server-extra-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xorg-x11-server-source, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xorg-x11-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xorg-x11-server-wayland, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xorg-x11-server-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xorg-x11-server-sdk, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xorg-x11-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xorg-x11-server-wayland-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xorg-x11-server-extra

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2018

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Xorg X11 Server SUID modulepath Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14665