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CentOS 3 : XFree86 (CESA-2006:0666)

high Nessus Plugin ID 22340

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated XFree86 packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

XFree86 is an implementation of the X Window System, which provides the core functionality for the Linux graphical desktop.

iDefense reported two integer overflow flaws in the way the XFree86 server processed CID font files. A malicious authorized client could exploit this issue to cause a denial of service (crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the XFree86 server.
(CVE-2006-3739, CVE-2006-3740)

Users of XFree86 should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch and is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected xfree86 packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3a2ef24a

http://www.nessus.org/u?6553bd54

http://www.nessus.org/u?c1a5d459

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22340

File Name: centos_RHSA-2006-0666.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-syriac-fonts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-cyrillic-fonts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-xauth, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-sdk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-mesa-libgl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-iso8859-2-100dpi-fonts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-iso8859-9-75dpi-fonts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-base-fonts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-truetype-fonts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-xdm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-xnest, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-font-utils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-xfs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-iso8859-15-100dpi-fonts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-xvfb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-75dpi-fonts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-iso8859-9-100dpi-fonts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-twm, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-iso8859-14-100dpi-fonts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-iso8859-2-75dpi-fonts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-iso8859-14-75dpi-fonts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-100dpi-fonts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-iso8859-15-75dpi-fonts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-mesa-libglu, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xfree86-libs-data

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3739, CVE-2006-3740

BID: 19974

RHSA: 2006:0666