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Oracle Linux 6 : xterm (ELSA-2021-9066)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 147767

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2021-9066 advisory.

 [253-1.0.1]
 - fix xutf8.h to work with up-to-date Xlib
 - fix crash in combining character support {CVE-2021-27135} [orabug 32496959]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected xterm package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-9066.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 147767

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-9066.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/15/2021

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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-2021-27135

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:oracle:linux:xterm, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/19/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-27135