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RockyLinux 8 : tigervnc (RLSA-2024:9540)

high Nessus Plugin ID 211595

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2024:9540 advisory.

 * xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: heap-based buffer overflow privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2024-9632)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:9540

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2317233

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 211595

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-9540.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 11/19/2024

Updated: 11/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous 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: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tigervnc-server-module-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tigervnc-server, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tigervnc-server-minimal-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tigervnc-server-module, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tigervnc-icons, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tigervnc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tigervnc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tigervnc-server-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tigervnc-license, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tigervnc-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tigervnc-selinux, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tigervnc-server-minimal

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9632