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SuSE-SA:2004:006: xf86/XFree86

critical Nessus Plugin ID 13824

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SuSE-SA:2004:006 (xf86/XFree86).


XFree86 is an open source X Window System implementation that acts as a client-server-based API between different hardware components like display, mouse, keyboard and so on.
Several buffer overflows were found in the fontfile code that handles a user-supplied 'fonts.alias' file. The file is processed with root privileges and therefore a successful exploitation of these bugs leads to local root access.

There is no known workaround.

Please download the update package for your distribution and verify its integrity by the methods listed in section 3) of this announcement.
Then, to apply the update use the command 'rpm -Fhv file.rpm'.

Solution

http://www.suse.de/security/2004_06_xf86.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 13824

File Name: suse_SA_2004_006.nasl

Version: 1.15

Agent: unix

Published: 7/25/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0083, CVE-2004-0084, CVE-2004-0106