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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: xorg-x11-server (CVE-2024-31081)

high Nessus Plugin ID 205785

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of xorg-x11-server installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-31081 advisory.

 - A heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability was found in the X.org server's ProcXIPassiveGrabDevice() function. This issue occurs when byte-swapped length values are used in replies, potentially leading to memory leakage and segmentation faults, particularly when triggered by a client with a different endianness. This vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker to cause the X server to read heap memory values and then transmit them back to the client until encountering an unmapped page, resulting in a crash. Despite the attacker's inability to control the specific memory copied into the replies, the small length values typically stored in a 32-bit integer can result in significant attempted out-of-bounds reads. (CVE-2024-31081)

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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-31081

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 205785

File Name: mariner_CVE-2024-31081.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 8/19/2024

Updated: 10/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-31081

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:xorg-x11-server-xnest, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:xorg-x11-server-xorg, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:xorg-x11-server-xvfb, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:xorg-x11-server-xwayland, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:xorg-x11-server-common, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:xorg-x11-server-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-31081