Fedora 38 : tigervnc / xorg-x11-server (2023-ec02e360af)

high Nessus Plugin ID 187922

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-ec02e360af advisory.

CVE 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 tigervnc and / or xorg-x11-server packages.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-ec02e360af

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 187922

File Name: fedora_2023-ec02e360af.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/10/2024

Updated: 11/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, continuous_assessment, 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:tigervnc, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xorg-x11-server

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