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Amazon Linux AMI : xorg-x11-server (ALAS-2021-1502)

high Nessus Plugin ID 149814

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2021-1502 advisory.

 A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server. An interger underflow can occur in xserver which can lead to a local privilege escalation. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. (CVE-2021-3472)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'yum update xorg-x11-server' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2021-1502.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3472

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 149814

File Name: ala_ALAS-2021-1502.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/20/2021

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3472

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:xorg-x11-server-xephyr, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:xorg-x11-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:xorg-x11-server-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:xorg-x11-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:xorg-x11-server-xdmx, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:xorg-x11-server-source, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:xorg-x11-server-xvfb, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:xorg-x11-server-xnest, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:xorg-x11-server-xorg

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3472

ALAS: 2021-1502