RHEL 4 : xorg-x11 (RHSA-2005:198)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 18443

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for xorg-x11.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2005:198 advisory.

- libxpm buffer overflow (CVE-2005-0605)

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 RHEL xorg-x11 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2005:198.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?47284e6e

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=136941

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=143910

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=150036

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=157962

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:198

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 18443

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-198.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/10/2005

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2005-0605

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:fonts-xorg-100dpi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fonts-xorg-75dpi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fonts-xorg-iso8859-14-100dpi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fonts-xorg-iso8859-14-75dpi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fonts-xorg-iso8859-15-100dpi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fonts-xorg-iso8859-15-75dpi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fonts-xorg-iso8859-2-100dpi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fonts-xorg-iso8859-2-75dpi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fonts-xorg-iso8859-9-100dpi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fonts-xorg-iso8859-9-75dpi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fonts-xorg-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fonts-xorg-cyrillic, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fonts-xorg-syriac, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fonts-xorg-truetype, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-mesa-libgl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-mesa-libglu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-xdmx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-xnest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-xvfb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-deprecated-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-font-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-sdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-twm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-xauth, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-xdm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-xfs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fonts-xorg

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0605

RHSA: 2005:198