FreeBSD : libX11 -- Sub-object overflows (734b8f46-773d-4fef-bed3-61114fe8e4c5)

high Nessus Plugin ID 177399

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 734b8f46-773d-4fef-bed3-61114fe8e4c5 advisory.

- The X.Org project reports: The functions in src/InitExt.c in libX11 prior to 1.8.6 do not check that the values provided for the Request, Event, or Error IDs are within the bounds of the arrays that those functions write to, using those IDs as array indexes. Instead they trusted that they were called with values provided by an Xserver that was adhering to the bounds specified in the X11 protocol, as all X servers provided by X.Org do. As the protocol only specifies a single byte for these values, an out-of-bounds value provided by a malicious server (or a malicious proxy-in-the-middle) can only overwrite other portions of the Display structure and not write outside the bounds of the Display structure itself. Testing has found it is possible to at least cause the client to crash with this memory corruption.
(CVE-2023-3138)

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 177399

File Name: freebsd_pkg_734b8f46773d4fefbed361114fe8e4c5.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 6/16/2023

Updated: 7/10/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-3138

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:libx11, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-3138

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