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Oracle Linux 9 : libX11 (ELSA-2023-6497)

high Nessus Plugin ID 185854

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-6497 advisory.

 [1.7.0-8]
 - CVE fix for: CVE-2023-3138 Resolve: rhbz#2213763

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-6497.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 185854

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-6497.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/16/2023

Updated: 11/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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:oracle:linux:libx11-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libx11-xcb, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9:3:appstream_base, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libx11-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libx11, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9

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: 11/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-3138