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Oracle Linux 8 : tigervnc (ELSA-2024-3067)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 198014

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2024-3067 advisory.

 - Fix CVE-2024-21886 tigervnc: xorg-x11-server: heap buffer overflow in DisableDevice Resolves: RHEL-20388
 - Fix CVE-2024-21885 tigervnc: xorg-x11-server: heap buffer overflow in XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent Resolves: RHEL-20382
 - Fix CVE-2024-0229 tigervnc: xorg-x11-server: reattaching to different master device may lead to out-of- bounds memory access Resolves: RHEL-20530
 - Fix CVE-2023-6816 tigervnc: xorg-x11-server: Heap buffer overflow in DeviceFocusEvent and ProcXIQueryPointer Resolves: RHEL-21214
 - Fix CVE-2023-6377 tigervnc: xorg-x11-server: out-of-bounds memory reads/writes in XKB button actions Resolves: RHEL-18410
 - Fix CVE-2023-6478 tigervnc: xorg-x11-server: out-of-bounds memory read in RRChangeOutputProperty and RRChangeProviderProperty Resolves: RHEL-18422
 - Fix CVE-2023-5380 tigervnc: xorg-x11-server: Use-after-free bug in DestroyWindow Resolves: RHEL-15236
 - Fix CVE-2023-5367 tigervnc: xorg-x11-server: Out-of-bounds write in XIChangeDeviceProperty/RRChangeOutputProperty Resolves: RHEL-15230

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-2024-3067.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 198014

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-3067.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/28/2024

Updated: 9/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.8

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5380

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8:10:appstream_base, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tigervnc-server-minimal, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tigervnc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tigervnc-icons, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tigervnc-server, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tigervnc-license, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tigervnc-server-module, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tigervnc-selinux

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5380