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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : xorg-x11-server (SUSE-SU-2024:3867-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 210109

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3867-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2024-9632: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow privilege escalation in _XkbSetCompatMap (bsc#1231565).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 xorg-x11-server, xorg-x11-server-extra, xorg-x11-server-sdk and / or xorg-x11-server-wayland packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1231565

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-9632

http://www.nessus.org/u?54c59904

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 210109

File Name: suse_SU-2024-3867-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/2/2024

Updated: 11/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9632

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xorg-x11-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xorg-x11-server-extra, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xorg-x11-server-sdk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xorg-x11-server-wayland

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9632

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3867-1