Debian DLA-2361-1 : libx11 security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 140134

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Jayden Rivers found an integer overflow in the init_om function of libX11, the X11 client-side library, which could lead to a double free.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.6.4-3+deb9u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your libx11 packages.

For the detailed security status of libx11 please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libx11

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00000.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/libx11

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libx11

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140134

File Name: debian_DLA-2361.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/2/2020

Updated: 2/22/2024

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: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14363

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-data, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-xcb-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-xcb1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-6-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libx11-dev

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14363

IAVB: 2020-B-0051