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Fedora 38 : xorg-x11-server-Xwayland (2023-77c8903bcb)

high Nessus Plugin ID 187290

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-77c8903bcb advisory.

 Fix for CVE-2023-6377, CVE-2023-6478

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

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

Solution

Update the affected xorg-x11-server-Xwayland package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-77c8903bcb

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 187290

File Name: fedora_2023-77c8903bcb.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/24/2023

Updated: 11/14/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-6478

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-6377

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xorg-x11-server-xwayland, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-6377, CVE-2023-6478